Baghdad and Kurdistan .. Disagreements oil and tense relations

Saturday, April 20 / April 2013 11:26


Dubai, Erbil, Washington / Orr News

Of the volume is expected to reach the Kurdistan region of Iraq's exports of crude oil to 250 thousand barrels per day during the current year, which qualified for the high number is estimated to one million barrels per day by 2015, and up to two million barrels per day of oil exports during 2019.

These estimates and others, underscored by the oil minister in the regional government, as well as international bodies that monitor the export and production of oil, but despite this steady rise in the volume of energy production in the Kurdistan Region, and raised in the minds of officials in Baghdad the likelihood that this will lead to separation, emphasizes " drastically, "Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region, the Kurdish region is not seeking to secede from Iraq, the minister added in a region on the Internet:" We want to remain part of Iraq, federal and democratic, but given the history of the troubled country under dictatorial rule believe that policy is centralized in the field of oil, and the sharing of resources is the best way to keep Iraq united. "

But despite these assurances, the minister indicates that the cohesion of Iraq and the continued unity depends on the ability of the Kurdistan region to oil production and export on its own terms. It is noteworthy that the relations between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government's autonomous may have seen some of the stress in the recent period on the back of a number of outstanding issues between them, such as the sharing of oil revenues, and investment of foreign energy companies in the oil fields of the region, as well as border disputes between parties, particularly with regard to the oil-rich Kirkuk region, which governments declare that it subsidiary of Turabhma.

His comments came Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region, which has sought from which to reassure observers and officials in Baghdad to the intentions of the Kurds is separatism, amid speculation the intention of the Government of the Territory D pipeline gas, especially by carrying oil to Turkey without having to line-run Baghdad, a step considered by the central government paves the way for devoting financial independence and oil on the horizon of political separation and Turabi Iraq.

The Kurdistan Regional Government has suspended the transfer of oil through pipelines Iraq controlled by Baghdad because of disagreements about the transportation fee, to turn the Kurds to move their production of oil by truck to Turkey, the latter being dependent on oil imports to secure its energy needs, told the central government in Baghdad that it is ready to build a new pipeline to transport oil from the Kurdish region is overlooking the sea into its territory. assured Turkish Energy Minister, "Taner Yildiz," that this will only happen when it reaches the line of Baghdad to the maximum degree in the transport of oil.

On this subject, says Minister of Natural Resources Kurdish, "we, despite our right to transport oil produced by the region the way that we see fit for us, we prefer line of Baghdad, and we want to continue to cooperate with the central government, but with regret officials in Baghdad did not respect the terms of the agreements signed between us . "

For his part, responded Iraq's oil minister, Abdul Latif during an interview on the first of April, that the relations of oil between Turkey and Iraq organized by the agreement signed between Ankara and the central government in Baghdad, and any deviation from this framework understanding bilateral cooperation with the Kurdistan Regional Government violates the Convention, and threatens Turkish interests in Iraq.

And contributed to the current Syrian crisis, says Bruce Stanley, a political analyst at the Washington Post, straining the relationship between Ankara and Baghdad, after it lined up with each of the parties to the conflict in Syria. Within this framework, it is at a time when Turkey supports the Syrian opposition, and hosts symbols on its territory, has custody of Baghdad on the idea of overthrowing the regime, warning of the repercussions of the crisis on the region.

But with that Turkey needs to Iraq's oil, which is oil, which is, according to estimates fifth in terms of the precautions in the world, to reach according to the company "British Petroleum," the British to 150 billion barrels, in addition to 45 billion barrels of other oil reserves in the Kurdistan region.

Based on the data collected by the network, "Bloomberg" news Iraq produced during the past month of March 3.2 million barrels per day. It adds the International Energy Agency (IEA) that the size of Iraq's oil exports last month reached 2.43 million barrels per day, and the total Iraqi oil production flowing 330 thousand barrels of Kirkuk region to Turkey through a pipeline of oil, which is controlled by the central government.

And confirms the Minister of Kurdish oil, that "by 2019 can the region's oil, which is estimated at about 3 million barrels per day to reach Turkey and global markets, through the northern corridor, but before that must strengthen the infrastructure for the transport of oil and the development of this structure, which calls for the settlement of disputes between region and the central government. "

It is noteworthy that the company "Jnal Energy", which is the largest oil producing company in northern Iraq announced on April 10, the discovery of a new site oil-rich oil stockpile estimated at more than 300 million barrels of oil.


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