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Office Shahristani: Arbil issued 75 thousand barrels of oil a day illegally
• 18/12/2011 6:40
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"Gate Iraqi" Baghdad - The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, Saturday, that the government of Erbil continues to export 75 thousand barrels of crude a day illegally.
There are several pending issues between Baghdad and Erbil, especially one of the disputed areas and the budget of the Regional Corps (Peshmerga), but the strained relationship surfaced recently, after the rejection of a draft of the Kurdistan Region Oil and Gas Law approved by the Iraqi government.
He says the region that the draft law, however, focus the powers of the Federal Government in the management of oil wealth at the expense of the provincial territory, as he passed by the Council of Ministers, without due process of law.
The director of the Information Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Faisal Abdullah, the KRG is still exported 75 thousand barrels per day of crude oil illegally to countries of Pakistan, Azerbaijan and other countries in East Asia. "
"The Government promised in Erbil earlier that issued through the national pipeline network of 175 thousand barrels per day, but it violated this agreement and is currently exporting only 100 thousand barrels a day."
He said, "Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, Broken on the escalation of the situation with Arbil, but deals according to the law and the agreements signed between Baghdad and Erbil earlier."
The Kurdistan region has started exporting oil from its territory in June of 2009 for the first time in its history from the fields of "Taq" and "Tawke" rate of about 100 thousand barrels per day.
Under the terms of a Erbil agreements, 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.
The roots of the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil to oil contracts had been entered into the region with international oil companies without the consent of the Federal Oil Ministry contracts that were considered "invalid" and contrary to the Constitution.
The Kurds threatened to disclose the records of the meetings of Erbil, which paved the way for the formation of the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said that there are parties trying to repudiate the agreements.
The oil imports about 95% of Iraq's budget, but so far nothing in the law regulating the affairs of the country after the failure of the House of Representatives to pass Bdorth previous oil and gas law, which was expected to rise oil situation if approved.
Iraq and select a target 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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