Iraq decides to grant facilities to the foreign oil companies

Iraq decides to grant facilities to the foreign oil companies

09/02/2012 07:53

Hussain al-Shahristani

Baghdad, February 9 (Rn) – The Iraqi government represented by the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, giving workers in the oil companies and electrical foreign facilities related to fast access to visas and stays on the back of complaints made ​​by several foreign companies, which is what he regarded as specialists in the field of economic decision Whatever is in the service of the Iraqi economy. and concluded Iraq oil deals with energy companies to develop the giant oil fields discovered to increase production after the lifting of the blockade on the country in 2003. The initial expectations 
that the production of the country will reach 12 million barrels per day by 2017, but oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee said months ago that the level of 8 to 8.5 million barrels per day will be the appropriate target more and that the time required to achieve this may extend to 13 or 14 years . said Faisal Abdullah, a spokesman Hussein al-Shahristani, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), “Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and chairman of the government’s Energy met with the Director General of Naturalization, and general manager of contracts at the Oil Ministry and discussed with them the issue of visas and residence for foreign companies operating in the sector oil and electricity on the back of the receipt many complaints about the presence of a delay in the process of granting visas to members of these companies who consider the sustainability of their work. ” said Abdullah that “the visas and the granting of stays take the time up to two to three months and this causes a delay in the work of companies,” He pointed out that “it was agreed during the meeting to establish a mechanism between the Ministry of Oil, nationality and intelligence to be granted entry visas and visa in a period not exceeding 14 per day.” The data from the Ministry of oil to the production levels before the conclusion of these contracts in 2009 ranging from 600. 
million to 900.1 million barrels per day, increased during the last year 2011 to about 300. 2 million barrels, and arrived early this year to 900. 2 million barrels a day. form and wanted the oil about 95 per cent of the budget of the country’s financial, Iraq needs billions of dollars for the reconstruction of its infrastructure crumbling. in turn, considered the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary decision-Shahristani, to facilitate the entry of companies and foreign workers in the issue of visas or residence permits an important decision difficult to service the Iraqi economy, which relies on foreign companies to improve its business economy. He said the Commission’s decision Qasim Muhammad’s (Rn), that “foreign companies and their staff of experts and technicians are suffering continuously from routine administrative complex, which take a long time until you get a visa or stays by Iraqi institutions, “noting that” the decision-Shahristani granting facilities to these companies will benefit the Iraqi economy. ” He said Mohammed, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, as saying that “Iraq is going through a phase where it needs to the efforts and expertise of others to increase production, whether oil or agricultural or industrial, and concessions granted to foreign companies operating in Iraq can overcome the obstacles facing the last. ” In the opinion of experts in the Iraqi economy to direct the Ministry of Oil 
for the granting of facilities to foreign companies through the granting of stays and visas away from the complexities of “important” in the process of certifying oil production development remarkable.The economist said Falah Hassan’s (Rn), that “facilitate the task of entering into Iraq began to receive attention and the oil ministry, and we note that among the problems raised is the question of the difficulties in obtaining foreign companies on visas and stays in Iraq.”, indicating “The companies that won rounds of oil licensing always raise the issue of difficulties faced by the accession of its members on the visas.” Hassan said that “the measure, which she did the Ministry of Oil important condition that has the facility granted by the bodies responsible for monitoring Iraq is suffering from unemployment, so determine the number of workers. in foreign companies and confined to the experience must be taken into account. ” From: Haider Ibrahim. Ts: peace Joseph, RN and fulfillment Zangana
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