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Baghdad expects an imminent agreement on the export of oil of Kurdistan
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 / APRIL 2014 13:00
Twilight News / oil ministry said Wednesday it expects Iraq to reach an agreement within the next few days on the dispute between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region on the export of oil from fields in the region.
And ended with the Kurdistan last year of extended pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea and concluded agreements with Ankara to export its oil directly to the world market.
Baghdad has rejected this endeavor she Her right only in the management of oil wealth in the country, especially from the point of export of oil and it will not accept to export oil only through the company "Sumo" government-owned.
Did not result in negotiations, the two sides over the months to the result.
He said Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee that he expected to reach an agreement within a few days to resolve the dispute over oil exports between the federal government and Kurdistan.
The dispute over the export of oil has cast a shadow over the annual budget for Iraq, which did not acknowledge until now despite the passage of three months of the new financial year.
The Kurds are boycotting the House of Representatives sessions that are inserted in protest against the budget items they say include sanctions against the Kurdistan Region on the export of oil.
Under the terms of a budget to require the region to export 400 thousand barrels for the company "Sumo" owned by the federal government and the Kurdistan but will face a truncated portion of its share of the financial budget.
Kurds reject strongly this item and decided to export 100 thousand barrels a gesture of "good faith" via "Sumo" until they reached an agreement with the federal government.
He and coffee during the conference for oil and gas industry in Ankara, Reuters reported and seen by "Twilight News" that he expects to resume pumping oil through the pipeline Kirkuk - Ceyhan within a week after a stopover in early March.
He pointed out that his country wants to increase the flow of oil through the Kirkuk - Ceyhan to more than one million barrels per day, equivalent to twice the current level.
He continued by saying that Iraq wants to build a pipeline between the two countries and further that he would discuss these issues with Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz on Wednesday.
The Kurdistan Region oil exported via the Kirkuk - Ceyhan, but it had stopped pumping in late 2012 to protest what he said that Baghdad does not pay the financial dues owed by foreign companies to extract oil.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 / APRIL 2014 13:00
Twilight News / oil ministry said Wednesday it expects Iraq to reach an agreement within the next few days on the dispute between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region on the export of oil from fields in the region.
And ended with the Kurdistan last year of extended pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea and concluded agreements with Ankara to export its oil directly to the world market.
Baghdad has rejected this endeavor she Her right only in the management of oil wealth in the country, especially from the point of export of oil and it will not accept to export oil only through the company "Sumo" government-owned.
Did not result in negotiations, the two sides over the months to the result.
He said Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee that he expected to reach an agreement within a few days to resolve the dispute over oil exports between the federal government and Kurdistan.
The dispute over the export of oil has cast a shadow over the annual budget for Iraq, which did not acknowledge until now despite the passage of three months of the new financial year.
The Kurds are boycotting the House of Representatives sessions that are inserted in protest against the budget items they say include sanctions against the Kurdistan Region on the export of oil.
Under the terms of a budget to require the region to export 400 thousand barrels for the company "Sumo" owned by the federal government and the Kurdistan but will face a truncated portion of its share of the financial budget.
Kurds reject strongly this item and decided to export 100 thousand barrels a gesture of "good faith" via "Sumo" until they reached an agreement with the federal government.
He and coffee during the conference for oil and gas industry in Ankara, Reuters reported and seen by "Twilight News" that he expects to resume pumping oil through the pipeline Kirkuk - Ceyhan within a week after a stopover in early March.
He pointed out that his country wants to increase the flow of oil through the Kirkuk - Ceyhan to more than one million barrels per day, equivalent to twice the current level.
He continued by saying that Iraq wants to build a pipeline between the two countries and further that he would discuss these issues with Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz on Wednesday.
The Kurdistan Region oil exported via the Kirkuk - Ceyhan, but it had stopped pumping in late 2012 to protest what he said that Baghdad does not pay the financial dues owed by foreign companies to extract oil.
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