Invitations to the need for the establishment of universities specializing in the oil industry
On: Friday 2/3/2012 7:31
Baghdad / follow-up long
said the International Energy Agency that Iraq is capable of doubling oil production to 6.5 million barrels per day by 2015, noting that the pace of growth will slow sharply after that, at the same time called for a number of economists to the need for the establishment of specialized universities oil industry in order to support policy of the country to raise its exports as well as openness to the modern oil industry. He guessed, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, to reach the level of Iraq's 6.5 million barrels per day by 2015, adding that he needs 20 years to reach eight million barrels a day.
And Birol, who is visiting Iraq today to meet with officials and experts in the oil sector aims to gather information on Iraq's oil sector in preparation of the report of the International Energy Agency on Iraq is scheduled to November 2012.
and that eight million barrels a day Iraq can be produced is higher in the growth of production between all producing countries, and warned that if not met will be the world oil markets in a difficult position in terms of scarcity of supply.
and world oil prices which hit last week, their highest level in ten months, said Birol it is too high for consumers and may affect adversely not only the developed economies, but emerging economies such as China and India, which was the main driver of global economic growth in the past few years.
to that called for a number of economists to the need for the establishment of specialized universities oil industry in order to support the Iraq policy to raise its exports as well as opening up to the oil industries of modern .
The economist said the Khja according to (Rn) The market for local oil currently in dire need to set up universities to develop the country's exports of oil in the next stage, "calling that" follow those universities administratively to the Ministry of Education to put the oil ministry curricula teaching according to requirements as required by the oil industry in the country. He added that "the establishment of universities, oil or expand the institutes oil and development to universities will support the oil policy in the country," adding that "the re-introduction of missions, the annual out of Iraq for the purpose of graduate studies in the field of oil requires support from the Ministry of Oil and its companies."
In turn, the economic expert and teaching at the University of Baghdad, Ibrahim al-Shaalan's (Rn): "The establishment of specialized universities in the field of oil will support increased research and studies undertaken for the development of the oil industry as well as learn about the latest developments in the development of production fields and drilling wells."
and added that "these universities will contribute to the openness of Iraq on the industry the process of modern oil and gas, especially in the field of energy and petrochemicals. "
and explained that "the universities of oil will help the Ministry of Oil in the implementation of contracts with international companies and trace studies and plans the establishment of oil projects in the next phase."
For his part, said a member of the Commission on oil and energy in the House of Representatives Furat al-Shara (Rn) that "the establishment of universities of oil in Iraq, calls for the development of human capacity for staff and disciplines in the oil ministry, especially in institutes of oil." said Shara that "the establishment of schools for petroleum engineering requires the cover of a legislative oversees the completion of parliamentary committees of the relationship, including oil, energy, legal and education and education in order to regulate the relationship between the Ministries of Education and the oil for the establishment of such a university. "
and announced that the Ministry of Planning need for a policy to the requirements of the balance between education and the labor market during the next phase, noting it had begun to prepare a survey of the needs of the Ministry of Oil to the terms of reference and educational levels.
The government had announced for it had begun to develop a plan to develop the performance of human resources services in the Oil Ministry and other government ministries.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]