Date: Mon 06/13/2011 7:54
Baghdad - London / follow-term economic
The number of experts stressed earlier that the oil policy in the country is not transparent and is still "vague", stressing that the signing of a field crutch gas away from the media and public opinion reverse a negative view on the performance of the ministry, quoted by media sources informed Iraqi's (range economic)
The high-level delegation in the Iraqi Oil Ministry delegation will meet with Shell in Istanbul next week, after much controversy continued to contract in the establishment of Shell Gas Company Basra nearly the past three years.
Reports revealed that what is surprising that the oil ministry had been sent to the Commission on oil in the cabinet visions of the Ministry and its objections to the contract with Shell, which was held since 2008, in addition to the legal department as the media report has major objections to the holding company Shell.
The sources pointed to the media that the Iraqi government called for a review to proceed to negotiate in accordance with the current version because of its large impact on the economic future of Iraq for 25 years.
Showed Almassadralaalamip according to reports that the model's economic Shell contract requires financial support worth up to more than $ 154 billion from the treasury of the State of Iraq for the duration of the contract, in order to bridge the gap between selling and buying rates of dry gas, which have been adopted by Shell offer of 20 000 thousand dinars per million cubic meters measure as the rate of sale of the gas supplier to the Basra Gas Company, which is equivalent to 15 times the price of gas in Saudi Arabia and Iran, for example.
The signal to media reports, many of Iraqi experts specialists estimated the profits of Shell by the contract to be concluded over the past 25 years to 60 billion dollars, not to mention the losses that would be inflicted on Iraq as a result of price support and the need to support gas prices to the consumer local, and the allocation of large quantities for export as a gas LNG to meet its obligations to its customers trade all over the world, which means that Iraq's needs of gas for power generation and support of industry and agriculture, but industry support national oil itself needs huge amounts of gas injection wells, particularly in light of the increasing production rates, and this is what makes the problem similar to Iraq's future with the Gulf countries, Amman, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, which buys gas in very large quantities to meet domestic demand and the desalination of water, as a result of long-term contracts.
The channel reports that the increasing demand on energy consumption is one of the main challenges the disciples to the problem of a Shell gas from a major role in increasing the production of electric power over the past 25 years to 50 deselect megawatts a day, a figure that is trying to Saudi Arabia crossed towards the production of 100 000 megawatts per day during the coming years to meet the need of future demand.
The reports indicated that Iraqi laws in force are not given the right to make a deal Shell to the lack of item a legal permit to give the natural resources and minerals, particularly the gas monopoly, or the establishment of a company or direct abstraction or production or export, as well as the contract provides the South Gas Company in the direction of privatization harsh estimated $ 20 million while the company's assets and the number of tools and human resources worth billions of dollars.
According to many of the news that the deal would be controversial for agriculture and industry as a result of Iraq's link sectoral energy sector in the future through the manufacturing and the need for ways to provide electricity to enable industry-backed Iraq in the various economic sectors.
In the meantime, signed the Iraqi Oil Ministry last week, two companies with end-Turkish, Kuwaiti and South Korea to develop gas fields and Mansuriyah Ceiba.
The agreement was signed Ceiba field located in the oil hub of Basra in the south, with two "TPAO," the Turkish state-owned and "KEC" Kuwait.
There were a group led by "TPAO" also includes "Kuwait Energy" and "Kogas," South Korean separate contract to develop gas field Mansourieh near the Iranian border in Diyala province.
The strategic affairs expert and a member of the International Organization for transparent oil Alaa Shahine Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) The Ministry of Oil still follow the style of Blur to conclude contracts for Strategic and large, especially in gas contract crutch. "
The two companies have won a contract Ceiba during a tender held on 20 October last after the proposed access to production to 100 million cubic feet per day for a fee of $ 7.50 per barrel of oil equivalent.
Shahin added: that the Ministry of Oil Ataatmta following systems of transparency and oversight, as is the case in oil-producing countries Neighbouring as an academic allowed to express views on oil in the follow-up studies of projects implemented by international companies. "
Shaheen explained that the media and the oil ministry is also trying to block some of the information because it allows into the leak of the information ministry wants diversion while refrain from making any other information. "
Criticized the Commission on oil and energy the conclusion of the parliamentary service contracts and licensing of oil in the oil ministry signed a contract with "Kocaz" South Korea to develop the field crutch in Anbar province, in secret and without the knowledge of the parliamentary energy commission.
For his part, said a member of the National Council to amend the law of oil and gas Ibrahim crying for (Rn): The oil ministry is able to provide an environment of storage and export of crude oil up to three million barrels per day of crude oil in light of the available tools work.
He tears: the Oil Ministry to work on media center on the opening shows the extent of Iraq's exports and the most important markets and derivatives contracts and constraints of the export of oil daily. "
He pointed to the cry that there will be an integrated system to expand the concept of transparency of oil and to inform citizens on the future of their oil wealth. "
On the other hand, said oil expert, Abdul Amir al-Athari: The talk about transparency in the implementation of oil projects is not accurate because the media and public opinion by hiding the mechanisms for selecting certain companies without the other. "
He added that "invitation to form a media center developed in the Oil Ministry aims to disseminate any information you wish to citizens or their knowledge of the media and not to spread news and promote the ministry only."
He pointed out that proves that the Ministry Ataatmta transparent is the signature of a field with a crutch gas company Kocaz Korean, announced two days after the conclusion of the media, despite the objections of experts and members of the parliamentary and provincial council in Anbar.
So called parliamentary financial committee member MP Jawad Bolani the ministries of oil and Finance Committees of petroleum, energy and finance to achieve a parliamentary meeting for the purpose of calculating oil savings achieved during the past few months.
Bolani said according to the Agency (news) call upon the four parties to the need to achieve a meeting of the purpose of calculating the amounts due to savings from oil last months of this year.
And that these parties will review the plans that have been developed based on the amounts realized from such savings such as to provide opportunities for the unemployed and increase the salaries of retirees and Class IX and X of the staff.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani has said in statements that separate the savings of oil until last March had reached up to four billion dollars in said earlier this month that the savings of oil calculated from March and until June this amounted to up to four billion dollars as well.
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