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Kurdish fears of depletion of the oil region could threaten their dreams of statehood
The time on Thursday, 21 March / March 2013 07:58 | |
BAGHDAD / Bashir al-Araji
Parliamentary sources confirmed that one of the reasons for not exporting Kurdistan oil according to the recent agreement Judge export 250 thousand barrels per day, due to fears of regional officials of the depletion of existing oil reserves in Kurdistan and "keep it for the next day."
During the past months, officials declined to the region from the export of oil, for reasons they said it it technical and related non-compliance the federal government to pay dues foreign oil companies operating in the region, but the federal government denied this, and blamed Arbil in non-compliance with the terms of the agreement signed between the two parties, but With these differences seem to be oil fields in Basra is a victim of this dispute, as the great heavyweights in the extraction and export signed, which opened the door to the depletion of oil stocks in certain fields, and keep them in other fields, especially in Kurdistan.
A member of the Oil and Gas Committee parliamentary Furat al-Shara: The reserve of wealth hydrocarbon oil and gas in Iraq is the biggest in the region, and is ranked second in the world, yet we keep it all we can, whether through exploration or extraction, production or export.
He Shara said that most of this oil is in Basra, either the Kurds and because of the lack of clarity or intent not to a clear understanding of the materials constitutional article 110 to article 115 started reading these articles so as to ensure them what Aradoh, and thus occur from time to time problems with file-oil, as well as Federal Government read paragraphs of the Constitution for the benefit of the government in general and interpreted according to what you want.
He continued: from here shows us problems many and various forms, including the problem of delays in the approval of oil and gas law, who wrote a technical and then observed legally and morally in February of 2007, and so far did not pass because of disagreements and political differences between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government and some political entities involved in this dispute.
Regarding the argument that regional officials deliberately fabricate crises to prevent oil production from existing fields in the province, fearing depletion reserves at the same time draining the fields in Basra, said a member of the oil and gas parliamentary: shows through reading, and perhaps is not the reason the absolute but one, that oil stocks in Kurdistan is not up to what exists in the south quality and quantity, and the factor viscosity oil and oil quality that you need to heat and high pressure in order to facilitate the transfer or extract oil through pipelines, Fbaatviade could be abstention Kurds from exporting oil located in the province to ensure that inventories of more days.
Iraq has oil reserves of about 200 billion barrels, according to the claim by officials at the Ministry of Oil, suggesting economists in Kurdistan that 40% of the oil reserves of Iraq exist in the region, without reference to Kirkuk and have been attached to this figure?.
And on dealing in the file oil with Kurdistan, Shara said: There was a conference with officials in the region, and in light of the decision was 333, which provided for the vertebrae, and that the most important issue the provincial government through the tube federal what quantity 250 thousand barrels per day and receive the federal government Fatourat Audited and give in return financial dues to investment companies in the region, and these amounts are given for months certain start from September until December 2012, and actually paid these amounts in the month of January 2013, but the lack of application of the Convention fully and the delay between the two sides led to stop this process. Indicating that it was the formation of a technical committee to follow up the implementation of the political decision, and we saw in the first sessions sort of detente, but the situation has returned to a new crisis.
And on the disabled approve oil and gas law in parliament, Shara said: This law significantly than its subject, is very important, and comes in terms of importance after the Iraqi constitution and make a lot of the basic laws, strategy and regulates the relations between institutions foreign oil investment and regulates relations between the federal government and local governments, and between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the absence of this law means a kind of chaotic in the oil deal and miss transparency, so we emphasize the need to approve oil and gas law as soon as possible, especially after that we have exhausted the budget bill.
However, a member of the Oil and Gas Committee parliamentary saying: disagreement foundation in the process of file management oil, is by participation of local governments in this administration, are they oversee, partnership, or follow-up, as well as the dispute over the Federal Council, and the interpretation of a single that oil wealth and national all Iraqis wherever, and interpretation wherever he is and for all Iraqis, are you all toward it or national wealth is distributed through the federal government, and this is the difference strategic quotas and participation, When the post Venni total partners in total, which means that each atom we are partners where from north to south, either quotas it means this You and so for another This is a mistake of tearing apart the unity of the country and heartbreaking wealth.
The Oil Ministry has announced that its crude oil exports for the month of January last had risen despite the bad weather and low levels of pumping crude oil from the Kurdistan region.
A statement of the Ministry for the official name of Assem Jihad said: that the total exports for the past month amounted to seventy-three million, one hundred thousand barrels and total income earned seven billion, six hundred and seventy-two million dollars.
He added: exported quantities of crude oil for the month of January last divided between the Basra oil which totaled exports sixty-four million nine hundred thousand barrels revenues unrealized estimated six billion and eight hundred million dollars, and Kirkuk oil exports amounting to eight million, two hundred thousand barrels earnings of $ eight hundred and seventy million dollars average selling price (104.923) dollars per barrel.
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The time on Thursday, 21 March / March 2013 07:58 | |
BAGHDAD / Bashir al-Araji
Parliamentary sources confirmed that one of the reasons for not exporting Kurdistan oil according to the recent agreement Judge export 250 thousand barrels per day, due to fears of regional officials of the depletion of existing oil reserves in Kurdistan and "keep it for the next day."
During the past months, officials declined to the region from the export of oil, for reasons they said it it technical and related non-compliance the federal government to pay dues foreign oil companies operating in the region, but the federal government denied this, and blamed Arbil in non-compliance with the terms of the agreement signed between the two parties, but With these differences seem to be oil fields in Basra is a victim of this dispute, as the great heavyweights in the extraction and export signed, which opened the door to the depletion of oil stocks in certain fields, and keep them in other fields, especially in Kurdistan.
A member of the Oil and Gas Committee parliamentary Furat al-Shara: The reserve of wealth hydrocarbon oil and gas in Iraq is the biggest in the region, and is ranked second in the world, yet we keep it all we can, whether through exploration or extraction, production or export.
He Shara said that most of this oil is in Basra, either the Kurds and because of the lack of clarity or intent not to a clear understanding of the materials constitutional article 110 to article 115 started reading these articles so as to ensure them what Aradoh, and thus occur from time to time problems with file-oil, as well as Federal Government read paragraphs of the Constitution for the benefit of the government in general and interpreted according to what you want.
He continued: from here shows us problems many and various forms, including the problem of delays in the approval of oil and gas law, who wrote a technical and then observed legally and morally in February of 2007, and so far did not pass because of disagreements and political differences between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government and some political entities involved in this dispute.
Regarding the argument that regional officials deliberately fabricate crises to prevent oil production from existing fields in the province, fearing depletion reserves at the same time draining the fields in Basra, said a member of the oil and gas parliamentary: shows through reading, and perhaps is not the reason the absolute but one, that oil stocks in Kurdistan is not up to what exists in the south quality and quantity, and the factor viscosity oil and oil quality that you need to heat and high pressure in order to facilitate the transfer or extract oil through pipelines, Fbaatviade could be abstention Kurds from exporting oil located in the province to ensure that inventories of more days.
Iraq has oil reserves of about 200 billion barrels, according to the claim by officials at the Ministry of Oil, suggesting economists in Kurdistan that 40% of the oil reserves of Iraq exist in the region, without reference to Kirkuk and have been attached to this figure?.
And on dealing in the file oil with Kurdistan, Shara said: There was a conference with officials in the region, and in light of the decision was 333, which provided for the vertebrae, and that the most important issue the provincial government through the tube federal what quantity 250 thousand barrels per day and receive the federal government Fatourat Audited and give in return financial dues to investment companies in the region, and these amounts are given for months certain start from September until December 2012, and actually paid these amounts in the month of January 2013, but the lack of application of the Convention fully and the delay between the two sides led to stop this process. Indicating that it was the formation of a technical committee to follow up the implementation of the political decision, and we saw in the first sessions sort of detente, but the situation has returned to a new crisis.
And on the disabled approve oil and gas law in parliament, Shara said: This law significantly than its subject, is very important, and comes in terms of importance after the Iraqi constitution and make a lot of the basic laws, strategy and regulates the relations between institutions foreign oil investment and regulates relations between the federal government and local governments, and between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the absence of this law means a kind of chaotic in the oil deal and miss transparency, so we emphasize the need to approve oil and gas law as soon as possible, especially after that we have exhausted the budget bill.
However, a member of the Oil and Gas Committee parliamentary saying: disagreement foundation in the process of file management oil, is by participation of local governments in this administration, are they oversee, partnership, or follow-up, as well as the dispute over the Federal Council, and the interpretation of a single that oil wealth and national all Iraqis wherever, and interpretation wherever he is and for all Iraqis, are you all toward it or national wealth is distributed through the federal government, and this is the difference strategic quotas and participation, When the post Venni total partners in total, which means that each atom we are partners where from north to south, either quotas it means this You and so for another This is a mistake of tearing apart the unity of the country and heartbreaking wealth.
The Oil Ministry has announced that its crude oil exports for the month of January last had risen despite the bad weather and low levels of pumping crude oil from the Kurdistan region.
A statement of the Ministry for the official name of Assem Jihad said: that the total exports for the past month amounted to seventy-three million, one hundred thousand barrels and total income earned seven billion, six hundred and seventy-two million dollars.
He added: exported quantities of crude oil for the month of January last divided between the Basra oil which totaled exports sixty-four million nine hundred thousand barrels revenues unrealized estimated six billion and eight hundred million dollars, and Kirkuk oil exports amounting to eight million, two hundred thousand barrels earnings of $ eight hundred and seventy million dollars average selling price (104.923) dollars per barrel.
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