Deputy: The oil and gas law will limit smuggling and the region is obstructing it
Deputy: The oil and gas law will limit smuggling and the region is obstructing it
5-1-2024
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Member of the Oil and Gas Committee, MP Intisar Al-Jazairi, revealed on Wednesday that there is no political consensus on approving the oil and gas law, which in turn limits oil smuggling in the region.
The representative said in a statement to the “Al-Ma’louma” agency, “The problem of oil smuggling through the region is considered deep and can only be controlled by approving the oil and gas law,” noting that “the regional government does not accept to agree with the center in order to approve it because of its benefit from operations.” ongoing smuggling.
She added, “The law is still in the corridors of the Council of Ministers and there is a major political disagreement on the Kurdish side. Once it reaches the Council, the law will be approved because it preserves the country’s oil resources,” noting that “the regional government will bear full responsibility for disrupting this law.”
Al-Jazairi concluded her speech by saying: “The regional government considers that the oil is its property despite the decisions of the Federal Court, which did not abide by it, and which are final and binding on everyone.”
It is noteworthy that the region smuggles more than 22 thousand barrels daily through the Ceyhan port, in cooperation with Turkish companies, and its imports go into the pockets of the ruling family in light of the poor economic situation that the Kurdish citizen suffers from.
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