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Iraq punished Exxon Mobil because of its deal with Kurdistan
On: Saturday 02/18/2012 8:33
□ Translation / Abdul Khaliq Ali
after issuing a series of threats against Exxon Mobil, the U.S. due to sign an initial agreement to work in the Kurdistan region, the Ministry of Oil finally carry out its threats, in February 2012 the ministry announced that Exxon will be excluded from licensing round, the fourth, which include twelve field of oil and gas fields to be held in April. This is the first time that decides where the face of Baghdad's Company of the major international oil companies, as it did so with other companies but these companies do not live up to Exxon, which may reflect its impact on the central government as it may lose its influence in this conflict.
Over the last three months, entered the Iraqi government and Exxon in a war of words about the company's contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government. In v 1 2011 and signed this foreign company deal with the Kurds to work in six areas of oil and gas, but that is not announced until T 2, and immediately after the announcement of the condemned Baghdad that step and launched a series of attacks on the company, including its claim to choose between working in northern Iraq, or in south, and punished, and the abolition of contract in the West Qurna 1 in Basra, as the oil ministry has threatened to exclude the company from the fourth round of licenses to be held in April 2012. Through it all, the company refused to publicly respond to the demands of Baghdad. The Iraqi government calls always need to pass all the oil contracts through the Ministry of Oil, said that the contracts that are signed with the Kurds are contracts illegal, and was Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani - who was the minister of oil in the Maliki government first - is led by that policy, where he had always insisted on the central government's control on energy policy in the country and this is why the opposition to step Exxon.
today, the Baghdad government to take its next step in this confrontation. On February 13 announced that it will be carried out its threat not to allow Exxon to participate in the auction of 2012. This was a coup of things, because he announced on February 9 reports that Exxon is still in the list of participants in the licensing round. Prior to that date and kept the company's Oil Ministry for the water injection plant in Basra, who will serve the majority of oil fields there.
officially, the ministry said that the move was not a reaction to the company's deal with the Kurds, but the timing makes it doubtful. All of this marks the first time that the Iraqi government faces a major oil company. Before that, the government has put energy companies other blacklisted and banned from working in southern Iraq because of its agreement to work in Kurdistan, but any of them were not the size of Exxon.
that the position of the escalation of the confrontation taken by the Iraqi government toward the Exxon may not mean paying dues and demobilization from work, since they require millions of dollars for its work on West Qurna 1. Eight company does not want the texts deal of technical service which was signed originally with the Oil Ministry in 2009, and the red line set by the government cause to disrupt all the work in the country.
It is true that Kurdistan is not the same volume of oil and gas available in the South, but the texts and work There are safe and the environment much better. Maybe that's why Exxon has remained silent on this matter and at the same time you send representatives to explore the north. Simply the environment in southern Iraq may not be granted Exxon gains Taatmnaha For this reason they want to sacrifice its position there and move to Kurdistan.
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On: Saturday 02/18/2012 8:33
□ Translation / Abdul Khaliq Ali
after issuing a series of threats against Exxon Mobil, the U.S. due to sign an initial agreement to work in the Kurdistan region, the Ministry of Oil finally carry out its threats, in February 2012 the ministry announced that Exxon will be excluded from licensing round, the fourth, which include twelve field of oil and gas fields to be held in April. This is the first time that decides where the face of Baghdad's Company of the major international oil companies, as it did so with other companies but these companies do not live up to Exxon, which may reflect its impact on the central government as it may lose its influence in this conflict.
Over the last three months, entered the Iraqi government and Exxon in a war of words about the company's contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government. In v 1 2011 and signed this foreign company deal with the Kurds to work in six areas of oil and gas, but that is not announced until T 2, and immediately after the announcement of the condemned Baghdad that step and launched a series of attacks on the company, including its claim to choose between working in northern Iraq, or in south, and punished, and the abolition of contract in the West Qurna 1 in Basra, as the oil ministry has threatened to exclude the company from the fourth round of licenses to be held in April 2012. Through it all, the company refused to publicly respond to the demands of Baghdad. The Iraqi government calls always need to pass all the oil contracts through the Ministry of Oil, said that the contracts that are signed with the Kurds are contracts illegal, and was Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani - who was the minister of oil in the Maliki government first - is led by that policy, where he had always insisted on the central government's control on energy policy in the country and this is why the opposition to step Exxon.
today, the Baghdad government to take its next step in this confrontation. On February 13 announced that it will be carried out its threat not to allow Exxon to participate in the auction of 2012. This was a coup of things, because he announced on February 9 reports that Exxon is still in the list of participants in the licensing round. Prior to that date and kept the company's Oil Ministry for the water injection plant in Basra, who will serve the majority of oil fields there.
officially, the ministry said that the move was not a reaction to the company's deal with the Kurds, but the timing makes it doubtful. All of this marks the first time that the Iraqi government faces a major oil company. Before that, the government has put energy companies other blacklisted and banned from working in southern Iraq because of its agreement to work in Kurdistan, but any of them were not the size of Exxon.
that the position of the escalation of the confrontation taken by the Iraqi government toward the Exxon may not mean paying dues and demobilization from work, since they require millions of dollars for its work on West Qurna 1. Eight company does not want the texts deal of technical service which was signed originally with the Oil Ministry in 2009, and the red line set by the government cause to disrupt all the work in the country.
It is true that Kurdistan is not the same volume of oil and gas available in the South, but the texts and work There are safe and the environment much better. Maybe that's why Exxon has remained silent on this matter and at the same time you send representatives to explore the north. Simply the environment in southern Iraq may not be granted Exxon gains Taatmnaha For this reason they want to sacrifice its position there and move to Kurdistan.
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