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Reveals Chalabi accuses oil ministry to change some oil secretly licensing contracts?
Palm - accused the MP for the National Alliance, Ahmed Chalabi, Sunday, the Iraqi Oil Ministry to re-write some oil contracts in the licensing round in secret, noting that the new contract is required Iraq to pay a percentage of the money to the company BP for every barrel of oil even in the case of obstructed production .
Chalabi said at a press conference: The oil ministry has changed the Rumaila Contract with BP in secret has not been presented to the parliament, pointing out that the new contract is required Iraq to pay money to the company even if the production in the field.
Chalabi said that its contract with the Ministry of Oil Berth Petrleom company to develop Rumaila oil licensing round was held the first service was held post, indicating that the contract gives the company a sum of money on each additional barrel is produced by the company.
The Chalabi, the new contract would be worse terms of Iraq and will return control of the foreign parties on the part of Iraq's oil production, especially that Rumaila represents 40 percent of Iraq's oil, in addition to the new contract will affect OPEC and Iraq's role in the organization.
And highlighted the Observer newspaper at the end of June, charges against the company British Petroleum "BP" oil the British control of the Iraqi economy and to control it after it agreed the Baghdad government to continue to pay for the company even in the case of non-oil production field Rumaila, as revealed confidential documents , and describes the paper that the agreement of President of the company in the largest oil fields in Iraq was re-drafted again so that you get PB compensation immediately in the event of civil disruption, or the issuance of government decisions to cut production.
The Iraqi Oil Ministry signed a contract in the third from last November with a coalition of companies (BP) British, the Chinese National Development Rumaila oil, has also signed a contract initially on 29 October last with Exxon Mobil and Shell Group, the British-Dutch develop the West Qurna field , also signed in the second of November last initial oil contract with another international consortium led by Italy's Eni to develop the Zubair field, and competed for a major international energy companies within the first licensing round in July 2009.
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