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Sunday, February 26, 2012 23:49
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Government seeks to obtain an exemption from the United States for the payment of electricity imported from neighboring Iran, which is imposed on the banks of economic sanctions, comes at a time confirmed the reduction of oil exports to Jordan, which was considered for the Energy Committee in the House of Representatives narrowing on the croup Iraqis living here.
A statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has received (range) a copy of a delegation from the ministry recently visited Tehran for talks about the process of importing electricity from Iran.
A spokesman for the ministry Musab teacher that "the delegation discussed the issue of debt owed by Iraq to Iran for energy imports, which have accumulated because of the embargo imposed on Iran," according to the statement.
The teacher added that "the Iraqi delegation told the Iranian side, the existence of Iraqi efforts to obtain an exception to the American side to resolve this matter."
Iran is under international sanctions, European and U.S. over its nuclear program controversial.
Iraq has suffered an acute shortage of electricity where needed to produce 14 000 MW of which seven thousand.
Imports Iraq A. MW from Iran through four lines.
The teacher said that "the two sides agreed to increase power to 1150 MW, will be distributed between the lines linking the four months before next summer."
In a related development, announced the Ministry of Oil, Iraq exported to Jordan 6 000 b / d rather than 10 thousand b / d of crude oil by tankers across the border between the two countries.
The Director-General of the marketing company National Oil (SOMO), Falah Jassim al-Amiri, said that "Iraq released today 6 000 b / d per day to Jordan, has decreased this amount after it was issued 10 000 b / d and at the global market itself without any reduction in the prices, and by tankers passing through the border between the two countries. "
He added that "the governments of Iraq and Jordan, had already signed earlier to raise oil exports to 15 thousand b / d, but that did not materialize due to technical problems and management," adding that "SOMO is working on expanding global markets for Iraqi oil during the next phase, which seeks the ministry to raise oil exports to 2.6 million b / d. "
Revealed the Iraqi oil ministry for that 60% of crude oil exports to Asian markets, global, asserting that Iraq would prefer the Asian market to the U.S. for not carrying Iraq's money transportation system (transit).
However, a member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Odai Awad said that "cracking down on Jordan for fuel is a narrowing of the Iraqis living in Jordan."
It quoted a number of media for Awad as saying Sunday that "Iraq is seen Jordan's support of the fuel door that there are a large number of the Iraqi community living in Jordan, it is the duty of Iraq support them."
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 23:49
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Government seeks to obtain an exemption from the United States for the payment of electricity imported from neighboring Iran, which is imposed on the banks of economic sanctions, comes at a time confirmed the reduction of oil exports to Jordan, which was considered for the Energy Committee in the House of Representatives narrowing on the croup Iraqis living here.
A statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has received (range) a copy of a delegation from the ministry recently visited Tehran for talks about the process of importing electricity from Iran.
A spokesman for the ministry Musab teacher that "the delegation discussed the issue of debt owed by Iraq to Iran for energy imports, which have accumulated because of the embargo imposed on Iran," according to the statement.
The teacher added that "the Iraqi delegation told the Iranian side, the existence of Iraqi efforts to obtain an exception to the American side to resolve this matter."
Iran is under international sanctions, European and U.S. over its nuclear program controversial.
Iraq has suffered an acute shortage of electricity where needed to produce 14 000 MW of which seven thousand.
Imports Iraq A. MW from Iran through four lines.
The teacher said that "the two sides agreed to increase power to 1150 MW, will be distributed between the lines linking the four months before next summer."
In a related development, announced the Ministry of Oil, Iraq exported to Jordan 6 000 b / d rather than 10 thousand b / d of crude oil by tankers across the border between the two countries.
The Director-General of the marketing company National Oil (SOMO), Falah Jassim al-Amiri, said that "Iraq released today 6 000 b / d per day to Jordan, has decreased this amount after it was issued 10 000 b / d and at the global market itself without any reduction in the prices, and by tankers passing through the border between the two countries. "
He added that "the governments of Iraq and Jordan, had already signed earlier to raise oil exports to 15 thousand b / d, but that did not materialize due to technical problems and management," adding that "SOMO is working on expanding global markets for Iraqi oil during the next phase, which seeks the ministry to raise oil exports to 2.6 million b / d. "
Revealed the Iraqi oil ministry for that 60% of crude oil exports to Asian markets, global, asserting that Iraq would prefer the Asian market to the U.S. for not carrying Iraq's money transportation system (transit).
However, a member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Odai Awad said that "cracking down on Jordan for fuel is a narrowing of the Iraqis living in Jordan."
It quoted a number of media for Awad as saying Sunday that "Iraq is seen Jordan's support of the fuel door that there are a large number of the Iraqi community living in Jordan, it is the duty of Iraq support them."
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