Natural resources in the Kurdistan region says it covering the salaries of extracting crude oil from fields

Natural resources in the Kurdistan region says it covering the salaries of extracting crude oil from fields



Editor: NK | SS | SA Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:03 GMT
Alsumaria News / Erbil



The Ministry of natural resources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Wednesday, they cover the wages of extraction of crude oil from fields in the region maintained by the foreign companies from the funds of oil products obtained from their sale to local companies, confirming that it issued a decision to restrict the export operations polychlorinated black oil and naphtha heavy.

The Director General of the Ministry Sirwan Abubakar in an interview with "Alsumaria News" on the sidelines of an auction conducted by the Ministry for the sale of quantities of a white oil, "The financial return from the sale of oil derivatives for local companies by the ministry is now converted to a bank account Bank Federal in Erbil. "

The Abu Bakr, an assistant minister wealth drastically, that "these funds are used to cover the wages of extraction of crude oil, and transporting the crude to the refineries for refining, and transport Alkazhoyl refineries stations to produce electricity, as well as for the expenses of those stations."

The Kurdistan Regional Government halted in September 2009, export of crude oil produced from fields in the region to Turkey almost three months after the start of the export process, calling for Baghdad to pay the wages of companies that extract oil, but the Iraqi government refused to pay the money it has to stop the flow of oil that was pumped from the region to Iraqi export pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Raised press reports, last month, the issue of export of crude oil and oil products from the region to Iran, the reactions range, at a time which was considered by Baghdad, the smuggling of illegal defended the Ministry of wealth for the record, saying it allows to export flows from the need for the region of some products, notably black oil.

The Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, slammed on 15 this month, authorities of the territory on the back allow the export of fuel to Iran without the approval of the central government, indicating that the smugglers are benefiting from the smuggling of refined products, while having the government in Baghdad to spend money to import fuel because of the inability of local production to meet all the needs of Iraq.

The government denied the Territory in atheist ten of last month, there is smuggling of crude oil via the border, saying that the export is exclusively through tubes Iraq up to Turkish port of Ceyhan since the year 2009, While she said that what comes across the border by truck is the waste filter crude oil refineries in the region and Iraq, also pointed out that the publication of news about the involvement of the region oil smuggling boiled aims to achieve political objectives and hide large-scale smuggling operations into Iran through southern Iraq.

He justified the Director General of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Abu Bakr that "the produce of electricity sufficient for 18 continuous hours can not be achieved easily, and the ministry were an important part of those operations," explaining to say, "If we do not conduct the production of the subjects of black oil and naphtha, the refineries would stop working and will not be able to produce material Alkazhoyl operating plants, electricity production, so is the sale of products through auctions and the laws of the Oil Ministry in Baghdad allow that. "

The Abu Bakr said, "The Ministry decided to ban the companies from export of a white oil, starting this month, also would ban export of a naphtha soon, after all your imported refinery Arbil advanced refining unit will produce gasoline from naphtha material."

The Ministry of wealth in the Kurdistan region of Iraq auctions the looming, on Monday and Tuesday for the sale of quantities of the subjects of black oil and white oil, kerosene, while oil prices are white high compared with current prices of the market, according to representatives of a number of companies that participated the auction.

Contracted the Ministry, through a public auction Monday, the sale of quantities of a black oil to local companies by 900 tons per day for one month from the refinery Bazian Sulaimaniya and a price of 385 dollars per ton, and sold 1450 tons per day for a period of one month from the refinery all your west of Irbil, at 392 dollars per ton, and 450 tons per day of refinery Tawke in Dahuk, a price of 400 dollars per tonne.

Also contracted at an auction organized by, on Tuesday, with local companies to sell production Msfii all your and Bazian of material kerosene kerosene for a month, by 180 tons per day at 592 dollars per tonne of refinery Bazian, and 270 tons per day at 585 dollars per ton from the refinery all your .

The disputes over oil contracts, oil and gas law the National is a leading file contentious relationship between Erbil and Baghdad, and despite the fact that the Kurdistan region has begun, the first of June 2009, the export of oil from fields in a formal, but soon stopped because of differences over dues companies operating in the extraction of oil, did not continue to export only about 90 days, which is turned off since September of last year.
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