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Revealed the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Friday that it "has signed an agreement with British Petroleum (BP) earlier this month to revive the Kirkuk field of oil," and among a source familiar with the contract that the company "will conduct a survey of the field length of 60 kilometers worth 100 million dollars" , the Kurdistan Regional Government renewed its rejection of the deal "illegal", saying it "will not allow any company to operate in Kirkuk without her consent and presence."
He said Oil Minister Abdul Karim and coffee in an interview with journalist transfer site (AME) for news of economic and briefed him (range Press), that "an agreement was signed with British Petroleum (BP BP) earlier this month to revive the Kirkuk field oil north of the country."
On his part, said a source close to the North Oil Company and familiar with the details of the contract, in an interview (range Press), "The contract includes doing survey revealed to the Kirkuk field extends from Mount Boozer northeast of the city to the border Depkh northwest of Kirkuk, a length (60) How, "he continued," that the British company shall conduct the survey for (18) months worth of 100 million dollars. "
The source, who asked not to be named, "after the end of the report of the company and make sure the possibility of raising the ceiling of the production of the field will be the signing of a service contract for a period of 20 years for the development of the Kirkuk field in return for the company's two dollars for each barrel extracted from oil," explaining that "in the absence of agreement the service contract will the Ministry of Oil to pay the dues of the company (100) million and if ourse of the contract will not pay the amount. "
The source continued, "A company would Kirkuk airport civil and will work by 50 to 60 staff them with their vehicles and حماياتهم," stressing that "the wells located in the strip neutral to the cities of Kurdistan, including the title Khurmal will be managed from the Kurdistan region, but the oil ministry will oversee the production," noting "The field now produces 270 thousand barrels is expected to reach production after development within three years to 500 thousand barrels."
This agreement faces opposition from the provincial government, which has rejected the planned deal, considering them "illegal."
A spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in Hadat press yesterday, quoted by the Reuters news agency, and briefed him (range Press), "can not allow any company to work in any place is located within the disputed areas, including Kirkuk without getting formal approval from the Government the province and the presence. "
The source of industrial "early" detection, in (29 August 2013), the desire of British oil company BP BP, signed a contract to develop the field of Kirkuk oil in northern Iraq, beginning next September, despite the sensitivities raised by it with the Kurdistan region, noting that the company expects to Initially spends about a hundred million dollars to stop the "decline" field production equipment.
The British oil company, British Petroleum, BP, has reached a preliminary agreement with Baghdad to develop the giant Kirkuk oil field, which suffers from obsolescence and low production rates.
The Iraqi oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee, said in press statements made by, in (18 January 2013), the existence of a preliminary agreement with BP's British to develop the oil field of Kirkuk, north who suffers from a significant decrease rates of oil production, while attacked Governor Kirkuk, in the (22 January 2013), and the Iraqi Oil Ministry on near agreement with BP to develop the Kirkuk oil field and described this approach as "unconstitutional and illegal", stressing that "dissatisfaction with him."
The Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government Ashti Hawrami, warned (June 30 2013), the company British Petroleum of the consequences of "put itself line of confrontation" in the dispute between Baghdad and Erbil if they proceeded with its plans to develop the field of oil content in the disputed territories, calling for them not to allow "itself to take advantage of others for political purposes," as quoted British Alvinancel Times newspaper, and seen by (Presse term) at the time.
And located the northern fields of Kirkuk in what is known disputed areas that are waiting since 2005 agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to decide بتبعيتها for direct investment wealth of nature that they contain, including oil, and is the Kirkuk field oil one of the oldest oil fields in Iraq, and dates back to the year 1927.
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