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06/13/2013 (00:01 pm)
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Shahristani: Strategic Plan for Energy will provide six trillion dollars and 10 million jobs
Baghdad / Press-term
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, yesterday, the launch of the National Strategic Plan Integrated Energy (2013 -2030), and stressed that the plan will provide for Iraq six trillion dollars and ten million jobs, pointing out that the plan include construction of ports of export to raise the export capacity of the country next year to six million barrels per day.
Shahristani said during the launching ceremony of the National Strategy Integrated Energy (2013-2030), which was held at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad and attended, (long-Presse), "We started the implementation stages of the national plan of the national strategy and integrated according to a schedule from 2013 to 2030" .
and Shahristani said he was "according to plan, Iraq will turn in the next twenty years of the country depends on oil to a country depends on the economy to raise the standard of living of citizens."
He Shahristani "can not rely solely on the production and export of oil and must build an integrated plan industries manufacturing rather than Import of these products, "stressing that" contracts have been signed giant and memoranda of understanding with ten companies to meet the 15 thousand megawatts of electricity. "
and called al-Shahristani ministries to "implement the plan both within its competence and Toukatadth time," and pointed out that "the plan will provide for Iraq from five to Six trillion dollars, according to the schedule subject to them, as well as providing ten million jobs for Iraqis and make the Iraqi industry sophisticated global level Chemical Industries, "noting that" there are contracts to build new refineries have been invited petrochemical companies to hire them. "
revealed Shahristani said that "Iraq also signed a contract to establish a new company for gas and committed the oil companies not to burn gas inherent in the extraction of oil, but is invested, "and pointed out that" Iraq has a plan to build new pipelines and construction of ports of export to be Iraqi ports able to export six millions of barrels of oil a day next year. "
and between Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs that "the licensing rounds, four held by Iraq earlier resulted in the 12 contracts oil," stressing that "the fifth round of the licenses will be held before the end of the year."
, said World Bank representative in Iraq, Simon Stolb through the launch of the National Strategic Plan Integrated Energy "The World Bank will support Iraq in order to implement this strategy and is ready to assist technically and financially."
He Stolb that "Iraq and the difficulties encountered during positioned for this plan," and added, "But this strategy will provide job opportunities and the successful implementation of her will resource great for Iraq and a strong economy and an increase in the production of electrical energy and contribute to the reform of its institutions. "
Iraq has suffered a shortage of electricity since 1990, with increased hours cut after 2003, in Baghdad and the provinces, reaching about twenty hours per day, due to foot power stations and sabotage which had been affected, while Turn citizens to rely on generators small.
and lose Iraq seven billion and three hundred million dollars annually as a result combustion gas associated with the extraction of oil from the southern fields only.
Iraq is trying for years to attract foreign capital to develop its economy in the fields of industry especially oil, including housing and oil and gas extraction, for need of funds for infrastructure development and reconstruction, but observers contend that the lack of interest of the state to the private sector and the absence of investment laws which guarantees for investors and the absence of other laws that are still obstacles to the development of the economy in the form required.
Shahristani said during the launching ceremony of the National Strategy Integrated Energy (2013-2030), which was held at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad and attended, (long-Presse), "We started the implementation stages of the national plan of the national strategy and integrated according to a schedule from 2013 to 2030" .
and Shahristani said he was "according to plan, Iraq will turn in the next twenty years of the country depends on oil to a country depends on the economy to raise the standard of living of citizens."
He Shahristani "can not rely solely on the production and export of oil and must build an integrated plan industries manufacturing rather than Import of these products, "stressing that" contracts have been signed giant and memoranda of understanding with ten companies to meet the 15 thousand megawatts of electricity. "
and called al-Shahristani ministries to "implement the plan both within its competence and Toukatadth time," and pointed out that "the plan will provide for Iraq from five to Six trillion dollars, according to the schedule subject to them, as well as providing ten million jobs for Iraqis and make the Iraqi industry sophisticated global level Chemical Industries, "noting that" there are contracts to build new refineries have been invited petrochemical companies to hire them. "
revealed Shahristani said that "Iraq also signed a contract to establish a new company for gas and committed the oil companies not to burn gas inherent in the extraction of oil, but is invested, "and pointed out that" Iraq has a plan to build new pipelines and construction of ports of export to be Iraqi ports able to export six millions of barrels of oil a day next year. "
and between Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs that "the licensing rounds, four held by Iraq earlier resulted in the 12 contracts oil," stressing that "the fifth round of the licenses will be held before the end of the year."
, said World Bank representative in Iraq, Simon Stolb through the launch of the National Strategic Plan Integrated Energy "The World Bank will support Iraq in order to implement this strategy and is ready to assist technically and financially."
He Stolb that "Iraq and the difficulties encountered during positioned for this plan," and added, "But this strategy will provide job opportunities and the successful implementation of her will resource great for Iraq and a strong economy and an increase in the production of electrical energy and contribute to the reform of its institutions. "
Iraq has suffered a shortage of electricity since 1990, with increased hours cut after 2003, in Baghdad and the provinces, reaching about twenty hours per day, due to foot power stations and sabotage which had been affected, while Turn citizens to rely on generators small.
and lose Iraq seven billion and three hundred million dollars annually as a result combustion gas associated with the extraction of oil from the southern fields only.
Iraq is trying for years to attract foreign capital to develop its economy in the fields of industry especially oil, including housing and oil and gas extraction, for need of funds for infrastructure development and reconstruction, but observers contend that the lack of interest of the state to the private sector and the absence of investment laws which guarantees for investors and the absence of other laws that are still obstacles to the development of the economy in the form required.
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