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Iraq decides to grant facilities to the foreign oil companies
09/02/2012 07:53
Baghdad, February 9 (Rn) - The Iraqi government represented by the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, giving workers in the oil companies and electrical foreign facilities related to fast access to visas and stays on the back of complaints made by several foreign companies, which is what he regarded as specialists in the field of economic decision Whatever is in the service of the Iraqi economy.
And Iraq has signed oil deals with energy companies to develop the giant oil fields discovered to increase production after the lifting of the blockade on the country in 2003. The initial expectations that the production of the country will reach 12 million barrels per day by 2017, but oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee said months ago that the level of 8 to 8.5 million barrels per day will be the appropriate target more and that the time required to achieve this may extend to 13 or 14 years .
Said Faisal Abdullah, a spokesman Hussein al-Shahristani, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), "Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and chairman of the government's Energy met with the Director General of Naturalization, and general manager of contracts at the Oil Ministry and discussed with them the issue of visas and residence for foreign companies operating in the oil sector on the back and electricity and many complaints about the presence of a delay in the process of granting visas to members of these companies who consider the sustainability of their work. "
He said Abdullah that "the visas and the granting of stays take the time up to two to three months and this causes a delay in the work of companies," he said, adding that "it was agreed during the meeting to establish a mechanism between the Ministry of Oil, nationality and intelligence to be granted visas and visas in a period not exceeding 14 per day. "
Data from the Ministry of Oil to the levels of production before the conclusion of these contracts in 2009 ranging from 600. 1 million to 900.1 million barrels per day, increased during the last year 2011 to about 300. 2 million barrels, and arrived early this year to 900. 2 million barrels a day.
The oil and wanted to about 95 per cent of the country's financial budget, and Iraq needs billions of dollars for the reconstruction of its infrastructure crumbling.
In turn, considered the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary decision-Shahristani, to facilitate the entry of foreign companies and workers in the issue of visas or residence permits an important decision is difficult in the service of the Iraqi economy, which relies on foreign companies to improve its business economy.
He said the Commission's decision Qasim Muhammad's (Rn), that "foreign companies and workers of experts and technicians are suffering continuously from routine administrative complex, which take a long time until you get the visas or residence permits by the Iraqi institutions," noting that "the decision-Shahristani grant facilities of these companies will benefit the Iraqi economy. "
He said Mohammed, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, as saying that "Iraq is going through a period where it needs to the efforts and expertise of others to increase production, whether oil or agricultural or industrial, and concessions granted to foreign companies operating in Iraq can overcome the obstacles facing the last."
In the opinion of experts in the Iraqi economy to direct the Ministry of Oil for the granting of facilities to foreign companies through the granting visas and stays away from the complexities of "important" at the stage where oil production is witnessing a remarkable development.
The economist said Falah Hassan's (Rn), that "facilitate the task of entering into Iraq began to receive attention and the oil ministry, and we note that among the problems raised is the question of the difficulties in obtaining foreign companies on visas and stays in Iraq.", Noting that "the companies that won the oil licensing rounds are always raise the issue of difficulties obtaining visas to its members. "
Hassan said that "the measure, which she did the Ministry of Oil has provided an important facility granted by the bodies responsible for monitoring Iraq is suffering from unemployment, so determine the number of employees in foreign companies and confined to the experience must be taken into account."
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09/02/2012 07:53
Baghdad, February 9 (Rn) - The Iraqi government represented by the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, giving workers in the oil companies and electrical foreign facilities related to fast access to visas and stays on the back of complaints made by several foreign companies, which is what he regarded as specialists in the field of economic decision Whatever is in the service of the Iraqi economy.
And Iraq has signed oil deals with energy companies to develop the giant oil fields discovered to increase production after the lifting of the blockade on the country in 2003. The initial expectations that the production of the country will reach 12 million barrels per day by 2017, but oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee said months ago that the level of 8 to 8.5 million barrels per day will be the appropriate target more and that the time required to achieve this may extend to 13 or 14 years .
Said Faisal Abdullah, a spokesman Hussein al-Shahristani, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), "Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and chairman of the government's Energy met with the Director General of Naturalization, and general manager of contracts at the Oil Ministry and discussed with them the issue of visas and residence for foreign companies operating in the oil sector on the back and electricity and many complaints about the presence of a delay in the process of granting visas to members of these companies who consider the sustainability of their work. "
He said Abdullah that "the visas and the granting of stays take the time up to two to three months and this causes a delay in the work of companies," he said, adding that "it was agreed during the meeting to establish a mechanism between the Ministry of Oil, nationality and intelligence to be granted visas and visas in a period not exceeding 14 per day. "
Data from the Ministry of Oil to the levels of production before the conclusion of these contracts in 2009 ranging from 600. 1 million to 900.1 million barrels per day, increased during the last year 2011 to about 300. 2 million barrels, and arrived early this year to 900. 2 million barrels a day.
The oil and wanted to about 95 per cent of the country's financial budget, and Iraq needs billions of dollars for the reconstruction of its infrastructure crumbling.
In turn, considered the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary decision-Shahristani, to facilitate the entry of foreign companies and workers in the issue of visas or residence permits an important decision is difficult in the service of the Iraqi economy, which relies on foreign companies to improve its business economy.
He said the Commission's decision Qasim Muhammad's (Rn), that "foreign companies and workers of experts and technicians are suffering continuously from routine administrative complex, which take a long time until you get the visas or residence permits by the Iraqi institutions," noting that "the decision-Shahristani grant facilities of these companies will benefit the Iraqi economy. "
He said Mohammed, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, as saying that "Iraq is going through a period where it needs to the efforts and expertise of others to increase production, whether oil or agricultural or industrial, and concessions granted to foreign companies operating in Iraq can overcome the obstacles facing the last."
In the opinion of experts in the Iraqi economy to direct the Ministry of Oil for the granting of facilities to foreign companies through the granting visas and stays away from the complexities of "important" at the stage where oil production is witnessing a remarkable development.
The economist said Falah Hassan's (Rn), that "facilitate the task of entering into Iraq began to receive attention and the oil ministry, and we note that among the problems raised is the question of the difficulties in obtaining foreign companies on visas and stays in Iraq.", Noting that "the companies that won the oil licensing rounds are always raise the issue of difficulties obtaining visas to its members. "
Hassan said that "the measure, which she did the Ministry of Oil has provided an important facility granted by the bodies responsible for monitoring Iraq is suffering from unemployment, so determine the number of employees in foreign companies and confined to the experience must be taken into account."
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