Kurdistan: We agreed with Baghdad on the export of 100 000 barrels after the reform of the tube carrier to Turkey

Author: HH
Editor: HH
04/01/2014 16:14



Long-Presse / Baghdad

The Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Tuesday, that the region will not export the 100 000 barrels of oil proposed by looked from the first day of the month this April, at the request of the Iraqi Oil Ministry, attributed the reason to the existence of maintenance and renewal of the tube carrier oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, while confirming that the export operations will begin after the completion of the repair of the pipeline agreement with Baghdad.

The Ministry of Natural Resources in a statement received (range Press), a copy of which, "The President of the Government of the Territory Naچervan Barzani had announced on 20 March last gesture of goodwill to make a contribution to the export of 100 000 barrels of oil per day from the first of April to give the ongoing negotiations with Baghdad maximum chance of success. "

The ministry added that "since the announcement of the initiative, collaborated KRG closely with the senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Oil in Baghdad and the North Oil Company (NOC) in Kirkuk, to start the process of exporting oil," noting that "As a result, it was agreed on practical measures to be able to Export quantity offered from the region. "

The ministry said that "due to the ongoing reform processes on the main export pipeline between Kirkuk and the Turkish port of Ceyhan, has announced that the oil ministry and the NOC that they are not ready to receive any oil from the Kurdistan region at the present time," pointing out that "it was agreed to Once it is finished repair the pipeline will KRG Balbdo in the export of the region committed to the initiative Barzani.

A source in the North Oil Company revealed on Tuesday (the first of April 2014), continuing stopped pumping oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, attributing the cause to the exposure pathways "to acts of sabotage and bombing improvised explosive device" in the areas of Ein colt and urban areas, and with promise of "the most serious since 2003," Cdan maintenance team continues to work to repair the line to be ready to pump during the next two days.

The MP for the coalition of state law Ihsan al-Awadi said, on Monday (31 March 2014), "The government rejects the initiative of the Kurdistan region included exported a hundred thousand barrels of oil per day, and insists on the obligation amount specified budget, which is 400 thousand barrels," returned to "remarks Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, welcoming this initiative, it was personal, not government. "

The Government of the Kurdistan region, last week, a proposal to export a hundred thousand barrels of oil per day from the first of next April, as a goodwill gesture to facilitate the adoption of the federal budget.

The Kurdistan Alliance announced, the first on Sunday, (March 30, 2014), his deputies came to the parliament building, but they did not enter the meeting, which was held at the time, attributing the cause to "disapproval of Baghdad officially" on the process of agreement Tsdra oil fields of the region ", as pointed out that his deputies will stay in Baghdad until the approval of the central government on the agreement.

It is noteworthy that of the leading paragraphs punitive contained in the budget, from the viewpoint of the Kurdistan region, one that empowers the Federal Minister of Finance deduction of the region's share of the budget if it did not in the ceiling of export oil set at 400 thousand barrels per day, and compel the Kurdistan Regional Government to use its territory and airspace and waters to extend cables optical, electrical, and only be entitled to the Minister of Finance cut its share of the budget as well.


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