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Energy parliamentary decide to go make the integration between the draft law of oil and gas
On: Tue 6/12/2011 5:51
Baghdad / (Rn)
said the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, on Monday, the members agreed on the need to expedite the enactment of a law of oil and gas, indicating that the agreement will ensure progress in combining the drafts of the law to produce a draft agreed.
remains the enactment of the oil and gas in Iraq is a challenge in front of the biggest political forces in spite of oil represents more than 90% of the country's imports.
The most prominent differences of law in the body responsible for the management of oil wealth, while the government is trying to Federal maintain a central administration in wealth see governorates and the Kurdistan region government's position is contrary to the Constitution and political agreements.
The decision of the Committee Qassem Mohammad, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), that "an agreement was within the Commission included an emphasis on speed up the enactment of the oil and gas, along with agreement to proceed with a process of combining three drafts to get out with a draft consensual and consistent with the Constitution of Iraq. "
He also explained a member of the Kurdistan Alliance that "the draft law of oil and gas for 2007 and agreed include materials in violation of the Iraqi Constitution, so it can not be adopted, "adding that" the draft of the new government did not respect the partnership and the political consensus and adopted on the vote which is contrary to the agreements. "
refused Kurdistan recent draft of the Oil and Gas Law approved by the Iraqi government and sent to the House of Representatives for approval.
According to the province, said the draft law focuses powers, however, the federal government in the management of oil wealth at the expense of the region and the provinces, as it passed by the Council of Ministers, without due process of law.
There are several pending issues between Baghdad and Erbil, especially one of the disputed areas and the budget of the Regional Corps (Peshmerga), but tension relationship surfaced recently after he refused Kurdistan draft law of oil and gas approved by the Iraqi government.
and provides a terms of agreements Erbil, provided that he agrees on the law of oil and gas, but the region accuse the National Alliance circumvent the conventions and pass the bill without taking the position of the Kurds.
and back roots of the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil to oil contracts was the region has entered into with international oil companies without the consent of the Federal Oil Ministry, which deemed contracts "void" and contrary to the Constitution.
The cabinet approved the draft law of oil and gas in 2007, but faced opposition from the Kurdistan region of Iraq on the sharing of oil revenues and control over some fields in northern Iraq.
and declared the Kurdistan Alliance, the ninth of August / August, support for the draft law of oil and gas in Iraq prepared by the Commission on oil and energy, and voted by consensus of its members of 16.
The law will determine the party that controls the oil reserves, Iraq's vast which is the fourth largest reserves in the world and also aims to attract foreign investors.
and select the Iraq target is to increase production capacity to 12 million barrels per day by 2017 from about 2.7 million barrels per day currently.
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