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Baghdad receives two thirds of Kurdistan oil
15/08/2012 0:00
Office Shahristani: on the region to pay his debts before talking about the benefits companies
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
revealed Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, for receipt of the federal government for 116 thousand barrels per day of crude oil from the Kurdistan region, other than those agreed upon.
A spokesman for al-Shahristani, Faisal Abdullah for (Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network): "The government received 116 thousand barrels (a third of production), while should the Kurdistan Regional Government delivery of the Ministry of Oil 175 thousand barrels per day according to the terms of the federal budget."
and resumed Kurdistan export oil this month after being arrested Export by four months because of disagreements with the Central Government on payment of the oil companies operating in the Region.
, says the provincial government that it will issue 100 thousand barrels per day for a month and will increase production to 200 thousand barrels per day if you agree the Iraqi government to pay for the companies.
Abdullah said he was " have to Kurdistan to pay the debt and then talk about the benefits of international oil companies operating in the areas of the region.
told the oil ministry oil company Total was officially canceled contract with a group of companies in the field of Halfaya in Maysan province on the back of its announcement last month concluded oil contracts with Kurdistan region in violation of the law.
He Abdullah: "We must be received by the federal government, the oil to be sold according to international prices according to the agreed terms of the numbers."
The origin of the dispute between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil to oil contracts concluded by the region without the approval of the central government and the Baghdad deems illegal While emphasizing the region they are based on the Constitution and the bilateral agreements with the federal government.
and signed the Oil Ministry in 2010 an agreement with the Turkish Energy Ministry states that any export of oil and gas in Iraq, which is transported and exported through the Turkish territory must have the approval of the Central Government and that any agreement outside of this framework does not declare nor reliable.
Article (112) of the Constitution as follows: "First: The federal government will administer oil and gas extracted from current fields with the governments of producing regions and provinces, that the revenues will be distributed in a fair proportion to the population distribution across the the country, with a quota for a specified period for affected regions, which deprived them unfairly by the former regime, which were damaged after that, to ensure balanced development in different parts of the country, and shall be regulated by law. Second: The federal government and governments of the regions and producing provinces together will draw up strategic policies to develop oil and gas wealth, so as to achieve the highest benefit to the Iraqi people, relying most modern techniques of market principles and encouraging investment. "
cut of the oil the parliamentary way for skeptics the identity of the authority vested in the sole of running the file-oil in Iraq, when he asserted that the Constitution provides, according to legal interpretations on the It is, however, the central government.
promise Committee member MP Furat al-Shara's "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network," warned the Federal Government despite the political crisis "serious."
and warned Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki recently that the contracts of Exxon Mobil U.S. oil with the Kurdistan region represents the sign of a serious , stressing that he would go to the "maximum degrees to preserve the national wealth," while U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington's support for the government's policy of oil.
and signed by Exxon Mobil in October 18 last contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to invest six oil fields, some of which falls within the disputed areas in Nineveh, which was rejected by Baghdad and considered illegal.
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15/08/2012 0:00
Office Shahristani: on the region to pay his debts before talking about the benefits companies
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
revealed Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, for receipt of the federal government for 116 thousand barrels per day of crude oil from the Kurdistan region, other than those agreed upon.
A spokesman for al-Shahristani, Faisal Abdullah for (Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network): "The government received 116 thousand barrels (a third of production), while should the Kurdistan Regional Government delivery of the Ministry of Oil 175 thousand barrels per day according to the terms of the federal budget."
and resumed Kurdistan export oil this month after being arrested Export by four months because of disagreements with the Central Government on payment of the oil companies operating in the Region.
, says the provincial government that it will issue 100 thousand barrels per day for a month and will increase production to 200 thousand barrels per day if you agree the Iraqi government to pay for the companies.
Abdullah said he was " have to Kurdistan to pay the debt and then talk about the benefits of international oil companies operating in the areas of the region.
told the oil ministry oil company Total was officially canceled contract with a group of companies in the field of Halfaya in Maysan province on the back of its announcement last month concluded oil contracts with Kurdistan region in violation of the law.
He Abdullah: "We must be received by the federal government, the oil to be sold according to international prices according to the agreed terms of the numbers."
The origin of the dispute between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil to oil contracts concluded by the region without the approval of the central government and the Baghdad deems illegal While emphasizing the region they are based on the Constitution and the bilateral agreements with the federal government.
and signed the Oil Ministry in 2010 an agreement with the Turkish Energy Ministry states that any export of oil and gas in Iraq, which is transported and exported through the Turkish territory must have the approval of the Central Government and that any agreement outside of this framework does not declare nor reliable.
Article (112) of the Constitution as follows: "First: The federal government will administer oil and gas extracted from current fields with the governments of producing regions and provinces, that the revenues will be distributed in a fair proportion to the population distribution across the the country, with a quota for a specified period for affected regions, which deprived them unfairly by the former regime, which were damaged after that, to ensure balanced development in different parts of the country, and shall be regulated by law. Second: The federal government and governments of the regions and producing provinces together will draw up strategic policies to develop oil and gas wealth, so as to achieve the highest benefit to the Iraqi people, relying most modern techniques of market principles and encouraging investment. "
cut of the oil the parliamentary way for skeptics the identity of the authority vested in the sole of running the file-oil in Iraq, when he asserted that the Constitution provides, according to legal interpretations on the It is, however, the central government.
promise Committee member MP Furat al-Shara's "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network," warned the Federal Government despite the political crisis "serious."
and warned Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki recently that the contracts of Exxon Mobil U.S. oil with the Kurdistan region represents the sign of a serious , stressing that he would go to the "maximum degrees to preserve the national wealth," while U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington's support for the government's policy of oil.
and signed by Exxon Mobil in October 18 last contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to invest six oil fields, some of which falls within the disputed areas in Nineveh, which was rejected by Baghdad and considered illegal.
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