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The Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region, on Wednesday, pay dues to oil companies operating in the region of the proceeds of oil fields, as has threatened to resort to exporting oil from the region and deducting dues of those companies of its revenue in the event of failure of the government in Baghdad to secure the rights of the province, confirmed that Province supports the deal with Baghdad. according to the permanent Iraqi constitution, indicating that of companies that ثبتتها rights of the budget in 2014 amounted to $ 860 million.
The Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region, Ashti Hawrami in a press statement, it "will be paid all financial dues to the international oil companies operating in the region and from the proceeds of oil fields."
Hawrami added that "in the case of the Baghdad government's failure to secure the rights of the Kurdistan region in the permanent constitution, we will resort to an alternative plan to export the region's oil and deducted those companies dues of its income."
The Minister of Natural Resources that "the region supported undoubtedly have to deal with Baghdad, according to the permanent Iraqi constitution has been in the draft general budget of Iraq for the year 2014 and estimated at 150 billion dollars allocated (860) million for the payment of foreign oil companies operating in the region" .
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani, revealed on September 24, 2013, that the central government has asked the Kurdistan region linking its line of new oil line pipe Kirkuk Ceyhan, "and stressed that" the central government want to measure the amount of oil exported from the region accurately, " He pointed out that "Baghdad did not receive any response."
It is noteworthy that many of the major oil companies and gas companies, including Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, Total and Gazprom Russian, but not limited to (there are more than 40 companies from 17 countries working in the oil sector of Kurdistan), has entered into contracts for the exploration and production of oil and gas with the Regional Government Kurdistan, which has raised objection to the federal government.
Oil and needling file Kurdistan federal government in Baghdad, which opposes along the line, Activity region in this regard and prepared contrary to the Constitution, whilst the contrary, based on the territory of the same constitutional reference, in the absence of the enactment of the federal oil and gas yet.
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