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Iraq would lose two million barrels of oil a day to close Hormuz
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13/01/2012
Baghdad - Majed Fadhil
Said the head of the parliamentary citizen, Bayan Jabr said Iraq would lose 2.2 million barrels of oil a day in the event of closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He explained that "the implications of closing the Strait of Iraq would cause a loss of 2.2 million barrels a day, because Iraq exported via Ceyhan 400 thousand barrels only, and 2.2 million through the port of Basra." He added that "Iraq has failed to rehabilitate the strategic line which was built in the eighties of the last century," stressing the need to "rehabilitate this line or build a new line to save the Iraqi people for the next crisis, which will in Iraq in the event of closure of the Strait of Hormuz."
The warnings after an Iranian naval maneuvers of the U.S. naval presence in the Gulf, raising fears of a possible closure of the Straits of Hormuz through which 35% of global oil production source by sea.
Despite these threats, Washington promised to keep warships in the Gulf, saying that Iran has warned Che "its weakness," and show the effectiveness of sanctions on its nuclear program suspicions.
The U.S. General Martin Dempsey considered that Iran is capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz, stressing at the same time, it would be "an act can not be tolerated."
"We have invested in ways that could allow them to close the Strait of Hormuz for a while. For our part, we have invested in the means to ensure that we prevail in such a situation."
He said Gen. Dempsey warned, "we will act and we will open the strait," If was closed.
However, politicians and Iraqi experts not see it easily close the Strait of Hormuz, threatening or that could be closed for a short period but can not be locked. He says economic expert Imad al-Khafaji
Iraq depends on the Strait of Hormuz, the export of oil can not export land because it costs too much.
The Iraqi parliamentarians called on the Iraqi government to take action and reduce expenses or bilateral agreements with other countries to avoid such a crisis. They noted that there are pipelines through Syria to export oil, but the crisis in Syria disrupted some of the Conventions and this losing Iraq because there take if rates through the pipes. The mounting unit of the dispute between the U.S. and increasing fears that Iran's progress on closing the Strait of Hormuz, which issued some 30% of the oil through it, and the center of maneuvers and Iranian threats to close the Straits of San Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi close the strait if the imposed economic sanctions.
And the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important waterways in the world and the most movement of ships and is located in the Persian Gulf watershed between the waters of Persian Gulf on one side and the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean on the other hand, it is the only sea port of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, overlooking it from the north of Iran Province Bandar Abbas, on the south by the Sultanate of Oman Musandam Governorate, which oversees the maritime traffic which, as the passage of ships comes within its territorial waters and width 50 km and a depth of 60 meters, and is a conduit between a third and 40% of the oil transported by sea in the world.
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13/01/2012
Baghdad - Majed Fadhil
Said the head of the parliamentary citizen, Bayan Jabr said Iraq would lose 2.2 million barrels of oil a day in the event of closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He explained that "the implications of closing the Strait of Iraq would cause a loss of 2.2 million barrels a day, because Iraq exported via Ceyhan 400 thousand barrels only, and 2.2 million through the port of Basra." He added that "Iraq has failed to rehabilitate the strategic line which was built in the eighties of the last century," stressing the need to "rehabilitate this line or build a new line to save the Iraqi people for the next crisis, which will in Iraq in the event of closure of the Strait of Hormuz."
The warnings after an Iranian naval maneuvers of the U.S. naval presence in the Gulf, raising fears of a possible closure of the Straits of Hormuz through which 35% of global oil production source by sea.
Despite these threats, Washington promised to keep warships in the Gulf, saying that Iran has warned Che "its weakness," and show the effectiveness of sanctions on its nuclear program suspicions.
The U.S. General Martin Dempsey considered that Iran is capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz, stressing at the same time, it would be "an act can not be tolerated."
"We have invested in ways that could allow them to close the Strait of Hormuz for a while. For our part, we have invested in the means to ensure that we prevail in such a situation."
He said Gen. Dempsey warned, "we will act and we will open the strait," If was closed.
However, politicians and Iraqi experts not see it easily close the Strait of Hormuz, threatening or that could be closed for a short period but can not be locked. He says economic expert Imad al-Khafaji
Iraq depends on the Strait of Hormuz, the export of oil can not export land because it costs too much.
The Iraqi parliamentarians called on the Iraqi government to take action and reduce expenses or bilateral agreements with other countries to avoid such a crisis. They noted that there are pipelines through Syria to export oil, but the crisis in Syria disrupted some of the Conventions and this losing Iraq because there take if rates through the pipes. The mounting unit of the dispute between the U.S. and increasing fears that Iran's progress on closing the Strait of Hormuz, which issued some 30% of the oil through it, and the center of maneuvers and Iranian threats to close the Straits of San Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi close the strait if the imposed economic sanctions.
And the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important waterways in the world and the most movement of ships and is located in the Persian Gulf watershed between the waters of Persian Gulf on one side and the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean on the other hand, it is the only sea port of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, overlooking it from the north of Iran Province Bandar Abbas, on the south by the Sultanate of Oman Musandam Governorate, which oversees the maritime traffic which, as the passage of ships comes within its territorial waters and width 50 km and a depth of 60 meters, and is a conduit between a third and 40% of the oil transported by sea in the world.
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