Shahristani: Allawi is trying to mislead public opinion by his remarks on energy

Sunday, 11 September 2011
Alsumaria News / Baghdad,




Deputy Prime Minister for Energy on Sunday considered Iraqiya leader Ayad Allawi accusations on the profile of energy wasting tens of billions of public money, that it is intended to mislead public opinion and discredit the achievements made ​​in the oil sector, and in describing those charges as "inaccurate", he noted that the licensing rounds have contributed to stop the deterioration of the oil production and increased production rate of more than 10% in one year.

Hussain al-Shahristani said in a statement issued by his office today, and received "Alsumaria News," a copy of it, that "the permit issued from the Office of Iyad Allawi on cause-based management on the energy profile of the waste of tens of billions of public money, launched without checking the facts or knowledge of them and ignore them, "noting that such statements are fired" with the intent to mislead public opinion and discredit the achievements made ​​in the oil sector during the half the past decade. " The leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, accused in the September 7, 2011, management-based file energy wasting tens of billions of public money and lost opportunities are invaluable, also considered that the mismanagement in this sector of the most serious crimes of corruption and called for subject to all agreements and contracts with international companies under the authority of the House of Representatives.

Shahristani said that "these statements have raised fears in some quarters that do not appeal to them to deal with transparency in the oil, especially after the three licensing rounds by the Ministry of Oil with major international companies, which took place before the eyes of the world in all transparency, prompting admiration, "explaining that" it was supposed from Allawi's office to review the facts before issuing statements indicate a lack of knowledge by the development in the oil industry in Iraq. " Shahristani said that "there are other motives for the issuance of the statement is accurate and which will not mention now, "asserting that" the oil sector in the field of production has been declining every year since 2003 due to limited technology and expertise and local capabilities and rates, and reached to 100,000 barrels per day in the year. "

Shahrastani pointed out that "the licensing rounds have contributed to stop this deterioration and led to the lifting of production at a rate of more than 10% within one year from the signing of contracts, as happened in the fields of Rumaila, Zubair, West Qurna, " adding that" the rate of production of crude oil in Iraq in 2006 was 1,955,000 barrels per day and gradually increased thereafter to become in 2010, 2.340. 000 barrels a day. " and predicted that "up crude oil production in Iraq to" about 2,900,000 barrels per day by the end of the year 2011, "revealing that" the export of crude oil rose from 1,497,000 barrels in 2006 to 1,883,000 barrels in 2010 and is expected to increase exports to about 2,200,000 barrels a year. "

Shahristani added that "Iraq is now a semi-contained with its requirements of oil products after it imported more than five billion dollars a year in 2006," Allawi's office called to " Review these facts before issuing statements indicate a lack of knowledge by the development in the oil industry in Iraq. " The Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, confirmed on 6 September 2011, the draft law of oil and gas provided by the Government of the parliament, involves a constitutional violation for the confiscation of the right of the provinces and territories, shown that it is possible to amend the bill and enrichment to reach a suitable formula is agreed upon between the political blocs. The Iraqi government announced, in the 28 of August, for ratification of the draft law of oil and gas, and decided to refer it to Parliament for approval. The decision of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary , Qasim Mohammed, confirmed on 17 August, the 70 deputies and nine members of the Committee, requested the inclusion of the draft law of oil and gas on the agenda of the House of Representatives, noting that the presidency of the Council postponed the first reading of the bill until after the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in a move considered a breach the rules of procedure of the Council do not serve the interests of the Iraqi people. has raised the draft law of oil and gas provided by the Government of the parliament, mixed reactions, most unity of the Kurdistan Alliance and the Presidency of the Kurdistan region by the accused, on the fifth of September, the current government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's disregard for political agreements to impose form a central and devote dictatorship resolution, inviting them to withdraw the draft law of oil and gas, which announced recently enacted, to conflict with the substance of the Constitution and the legal avenue within the Council of Ministers until the review. As expected the oil and gas parliamentary, on 29 August, to carry the draft oil law and new gas, which was approved by the government and will be forwarded to parliament for approval, the flexibility and wide to receive the companies wishing to develop the oil industry. and warned the Iraqi parliament in July, the government drafted a new oil and gas law if he continued the Council of Ministers to block the original bill, which sees investors is a critical stability in the country and on which has all the contracts contained within the licensing rounds, the three conducted by the government to invest oil since 2008. and Iraq, which is a founding member of the group OPEC countries producing and exporting countries has signed more than 11 contracts worth billions of dollars with major international companies to develop oil fields, especially South of them without an oil law, and the government had previously presented the first draft of the law in February of 2007 to parliament, but political differences, especially on the relationship of the center in the governorates and the relationship of the center in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have prevented the ratification of the law in parliament. Iraq currently produces about 2.7 million barrels a day rate of about 2.1 million of the southern fields and about 600 thousand barrels per day of the rights of Kirkuk, with a total issued by the oil about 2.2 million barrels per day exported through the ports of Basra and the port of Ceyhan. and aspires to Iraq through investment contracts signed by the increase production of oil to 11 million barrels per day by 2017.


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