Kurdistan defies Baghdad and begin to export oil by the end of this year
Kurdistan defies Baghdad and begin to export oil by the end of this year
23/11/2013
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} favored the Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region drastically, that the export of oil pipelines in the region own through Turkey, may begin before the end of this year, both Baghdad and agreed on a plan payments or did not agree.
Hawrami said in remarks in a press conference held in Istanbul, seen by the Euphrates News Agency {} “The oil could begin to flow in the pipeline region special through Turkey before the Christmas holiday Christmas this year without having to deal with Baghdad on the mechanism of revenue collection.” and added that ” Kurdistan region will go ahead in the export of oil, whether Baghdad agreed on a plan payments or did not agree, “adding,” We do not ignore Baghdad, but if no one wants to talk to us there is nothing wrong, I have patience ten years. ” said Hawrami said that “when it begins operating line pipe will stop the Kurdistan gradually export oil by truck to the port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean coast. ” This chief company Genel Energy British Turkish, which operates oil fields in Kurdistan, Mohammad For, that “a large part of the production of oil Kurdistan will go to the line,” stressing that “Oil will begin to flow in the pipeline Kurdish within weeks.” noting that “Genl has the capacity to produce about {230} thousand barrels per day from two fields in Kurdistan are the Taq Taq and Tawke.” It is noteworthy that the differences between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region on Contracts for the region with Foreign companies operating in the oil extraction and oil and gas law is still in place. should be noted that the region had begun in June 2010 the export of oil from the fields in a formal, but he was stopped in the last year due to differences with Baghdad. Ended 34 m
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