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Iran reiterates its reservations about the conference on Iraq
(Voice of Iraq) - 18 - 04-2007


Ankara (AFP) - repeated Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Tuesday his country's reservations about international conference on Iraq to be held in Egypt, during a meeting in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.

He said a Turkish diplomat told Agence France Presse after the meeting that Iran regrets that the Conference is not preceded by a meeting of the neighboring countries of Iraq and the lack of consultation with the region's countries on the choice of the host country.

Participate in the international conference on Iraq scheduled in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on the third and fourth of May six countries neighboring Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey as well as Bahrain, Egypt, the Arab League and Organization of the Islamic Conference, the United Nations and the five permanent members of the Security Council (United States, Britain, Russia, France and China).

Also participating States and other G8 members Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the European Union.

The Mottaki expressed reservations at the beginning of this month, saying it should have been holding this conference in Baghdad that includes only Iraq's neighboring countries.

The diplomat said that Turkey Unhappy turn choose Egypt for hosting the conference because Ankara was a candidate for staging But he added, "regardless of the country chosen, Turkey will be present." He did not specify whether Gul will represent his country.

He continued that the Turkish diplomat Mottaki Sidjol a number of countries in the region to discuss the issue of the conference on Iraq.

International conference crucial opportunity to galvanize support for Iraq's growing humanitarian needs, Secretary-General says in video message
18 April 2007 (ReliefWeb)


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Needs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons inside Iraq and in Neighbouring Countries, held in Geneva from 17 to 18 April:
This Conference is a crucial opportunity to focus international attention on the humanitarian consequences of the situation in Iraq.
The number of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced has increased significantly over the past year. Their growing needs must be addressed. We also need to look at the situation in affected neighbouring States, especially Syria and Jordan.
Iraq’s neighbours have been generous in receiving large numbers of Iraqis. But they are finding it ever harder to sustain and provide basic services, such as health care and schooling.
For many fleeing Iraqis, resources are dwindling. Many will soon become destitute.
I hope this Conference will galvanize international support to provide them with more protection and assistance. And I hope it will mobilize resources for establishing much needed protection space.
For neighbouring countries, this means keeping borders open, and upholding the principle of no forced return. It means ensuring access to health and education services.
For other receiving countries, it means continuing to provide asylum or other forms of protection.
For the Government of Iraq, it means recognizing the needs of these vulnerable populations. It means working tirelessly to create conditions for their safe return, regardless of ethnicity or sectarian affiliation.
For the international community as a whole, it means supporting humanitarian programmes. It means creating resettlement opportunities for the most vulnerable, and working together to improve the prospects for the voluntary return of Iraqis as soon as possible. And it means recognizing Palestinians as among the most vulnerable inside Iraq. Many of them have tried to flee the country and are stranded at borders.
The United Nations will keep doing its part. We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance. We will work with the people of Iraq for reconstruction and recovery, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1546. And we will work in partnership with the Government of Iraq and the World Bank for the success of the International Compact, to build a framework for Iraq’s economic transformation and integration into the regional and global economy.
These are complementary efforts: providing immediate assistance to displaced Iraqis, and working for the longer-term goals of the International Compact. Only a secure, politically stable and economically prosperous Iraq can reverse the tide of displacement. And only through assistance from the international community in this difficult period can Iraq fulfil its enormous human and economic potential.
All of us must recognize that this situation is a global responsibility with international repercussions. It will not resolve itself. Let us face it head on, and address it together.

International conference crucial opportunity to galvanize support for Iraq's growing humanitarian needs, Secretary-General says in video message | Iraq Updates

Originally Posted by YogiBrood

Par value = Safe & Secured Iraq (free from current insurgent activities...).

The current atmosphere still does NOT warrant the desires most are biting their butts and gusto out on this lack of guarantee that is as yet, to be delivered in a complete fashion.

My version and so have many agreed, the political will is there but fall far below in reaching the ears & eyes of the International community... esp. when these same Admin heads are not coming out forthright in dealing domestic turbulence as one expects them to... COMPLETE riddence of the insurgencies and the parties involved with it (you know which by now I'm sure...)

The current level of efforts are all nice and well but they send the message in the wrong direction...WHY??? when it should be grinding down through the headbands and mullahs manipulating all the bad and bombing scenes coupled to giving extra manouvres to AlQaeda mingled within.

Political will and FEAR as again, dealing with their own insecurity and trust they still do not have with the USA and everyone trying to help them recover.

The leaning back on the main Shiite party with the most majority is the real reason why the Maliki regime isn't doing what a brave Politician should be doing... WHY again???

The religion is behind it here all along... cast that aside and OUT goes Sadr's hold on any strings pulled from that sinister sheikh's band of thugs holding ransom on everything that moves for improvement... Iran again behind this all...???

Your guess is as good as many others watching and relaxing at the same time.... no real sweat in playing the waiting game here fellas!!!


YB.

Par value to me suggests 1 to 1 with the disney dollar. This is their plan IMO initially, always has been.

Voices of Iraq: Iraq-Oil Posted by: nakr2004 on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 04:06 PM
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Oil, gas law national achievement for Iraqis - minister
Baghdad, (VOI) - Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrestani said on Wednesday the enactment of an oil and gas law is a national achievement for Iraq’s people, underlining that it would have a positive affect on Iraq’s unity.
"The law tops Iraqis' interests and its clauses are based on realizing national interests," the state-run al-Iraqia satellite channel quoted the minister as saying during a forum held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday.
"The oil and gas law consists of 43 clauses and four articles," the minister said in the forum, which was attended by deputy parliamentary speaker, Khaled al-Attiya, and a number of Iraqi lawmakers.
"The law stipulates that the cabinet will be responsible for approving federal oil policy and supervising drilling, extracting, producing and marketing oil," al-Shahrestani also said.
"To fulfill these responsibilities, the federal council for oil and gas will be established," the minister stated.
"The council consists of the oil, finance and planning ministers, the federal government, the governor of the Central Bank, a representative of each province where production capacity exceeds 100,000 barrels per day, and a number of Iraqi experts," he added.
"The council will be assigned to make federal oil policies and production plans, grant licenses for drilling, and to sign contracts," al-Sharestani noted.
"An office of Iraqi independent experts will also help the council to fulfill its work," he highlighted.
"Licenses for drilling will be granted for four years," the minister said, noting that in the case where oil and gas are found in the field, the council will grant a license for two years for estimating production, and sign a contract for 20 years to produce oil and develop oil fields," the oil minister concluded.

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A plan for constructing an oil refinery in Iraq
18 April 2007 (Iraq Directory)


The Kuwaiti Gulf Company for Petroleum Investment (Petro-Gulf) said on Saturday that it intends to assist in building an oil refinery at an investment of $ 130 million in northern Iraq with two others partners.
According to a statement published on the Kuwaiti bourse web site on the Internet, the Company said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish group Chokorova to build a refinery with the capacity of 20 thousand barrels a day within other oil projects.
The statement also mentioned that the other partner is the Company of Taqat which is a contributor in Petro-Gulf Company.
The statement added that the refinery is expected to be ready for operation within a year and a half.
Petro-Gulf Company, which works in the oil fields business such as drilling operations and engineering operations of the upstream and downstream activities, will own 10% in the refinery project.

A plan for constructing an oil refinery in Iraq | Iraq Updates

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Sunni Bloc Denounces Court Order
Warns of Consequences of Move to Strip Dulaimi's Immunity
Posted 13 hr. 19 min. ago



Key Sunni political formations headed by member of parliament Adnan al-Dulaimi have denounced an order handed down from the Supreme Judicial Council to the Parliament demanding that the chamber lift Dulaimi’s parliamentary immunity.

The order, announced two days ago by Baha al-Araji, a Sadrist MP, accuses Dulaimi of being behind murders and forced displacements in areas west of Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq reports in Arabic.
A statement posted online on the website of Dulaimi's political party said, “The remarks of MP Baha al-Araji are sectarian in essence, intending to divide Iraq as certain parties and personalities -which are known to all- are attempting to do. They do not want the best for Iraq and its people, and they seek to pull the country into the cauldron of civil war.”
The statement added, “the conference that Dulaimi leads, which is considered one of the three principal components of the Iraqi Tawafuq List, sees that this is a fabricated falsehood, with political motivations” pointing to “suspicious persons and actors” as standing behind it. Dulaimi is the general secretary of the Conference of the People of Iraq, one of the principal parties joined in the Iraqi Tawafuq Front bloc.
The order, the statement said, was motivated to incite “division and fighting” in Iraq, in order to dishonor those who seek the “unity and liberation of Iraq, among them Adnan al-Dulaimi.”
The order “only adds aggravation and complication to the situation” saying that those who were behind the order held “bloody historical grudges” and “hateful sectarian projects,” who were part of the sectarian militias and death squads.
The statement called for the immediate cessation of “campaigns of targeting noble national symbols, especially the Iraqi Tawafuq.”
Dulaimi has rejected the judicial order that calls for the lifting of his parliamentary immunity, calling the charges a “ruse” with “no relationship to the truth,” Aswat al-Iraq reports.
The Tawafuq Front also published an online statement saying that “all the requests to lift parliamentary immunity from members of the Tawafuq Front are politically motivated and are intended to distort the reputation of members of the front, to remove them from the political process.”
Dulaimi, presently in Jordan, said Tawafuq members will “defend ourselves,” adding that if his immunity is lifted he would “confront the case with all resoluteness,” according to Aswat al-Iraq.
Dulaimi added that “the court is still to a large extent honest, and we are confident in the rightness of our actions.”
The Sunni leader is presently in Jordan with a Tawafuq delegation that will travel next to the UAE at the invitation of the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah.
Dulaimi added that many political actors try to influence the Supreme Judicial Council, and the passing of its decisions and orders that undermine the security and political situation in the country, and increase the differences.”
Dulaimi called for the political enttites to work with wisdom, and not to add a rift that will lead to the deterioration of the situation at all levels, especially with respect to national reconciliation, Aswat al-Iraq reports.
Recently there have been several high-profile raids on residences of prominent members of the Tawafuq Front, in which some guards were arrested.
Under current Iraqi law, members of parliament are awarded immunity from arrest and prosecution, which can be lifted by the rest of the chamber.
It was revealed recently that ten MPs were facing judicial recommendations that their immunity be lifted by the parliament so that they can be prosecuted for connections to militant groups.
Last week, a source inside Tawafuq informed an Iraqi media outlet that the bloc representing 44 seats in the Parliament was planning to withdraw from the political process altogether, saying that Tawafuq MPs had left the country to avoid prosecution. The bloc has yet not moved to exit the political process, and it may be that Tawafuq MPs have adopted a wait-and-see approach pending the outcome of the moves to prosecute.

Iraq raises price of oil to United States in May
18 April 2007 (Iraq Directory)


An oil industry source said on Wednesday that Iraq is raising the official selling price for Basrah light crude, shipment of May, to American customers by 3.60 dollars per barrel.
Under the increase imposed by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), American buyers will pay the price of West Texas intermediate crude minus $ 3.30 per barrel for Basrah light crude in May, up from minus $ 6.90 in April.
The decision followed a similar increase from Saudi Arabia to American clients.
The price of Basrah light crude in May increased to European buyers by 85 cents to the average immediate price of Brent, Fortes and Osberg crude minus $ 4.85 per barrel compared with minus $ 5.70 in April.
Asian buyers will bear an increase of 20 cents on May shipments; they will pay the average price of Oman and Dubai crude minus $ 2.35 a barrel, up from minus $ 2.55 per barrel in April shipments, according to the source.

Iraq raises price of oil to United States in May | Iraq Updates

Sadr Move Bucks Quota System
Maliki to Name "Independents" to Replace Shia Sadrists
By CHRISTINA DAVIDSON Posted 23 hr. 5 min. ago
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Baghdad, IRAQ: Head of Al-Sadr parliamentary bloc Nassar al-Rubaie (C) speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, 16 April 2007.




Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki--whether intentionally or unintentionally--looks set to follow Moqtada al-Sadr's recommendation regarding the selection of non-partisan independents to replace the withdrawn Sadrist ministers.
"In the near future, the names of the ministers will be announced ... from the independents, technocrats and those who believe in a new Iraq," Maliki said Tuesday in a press conference in Amman.
Maliki said the appointment of technocrats would help the government "escape from (sectarian) quotas and also helps in choosing ministers who are professionals and politicians".
While the majority of the Western press focuses on whether or not the Sadrist move will weaken Maliki's ruling coalition, they miss what in the Iraqi press is a major point of debate over another apparent intended consequence of Sadr's political wrangling.
Reuters reports that "Analysts had said they did not expect the walkout to affect the day-to-day performance of Maliki's government since the ministers did not hold any key portfolios, but it could increase pressure on him to draw up a troop withdrawal timetable, a demand of many Iraqis four years after the U.S.-led invasion."
The semi-official al-Sabah newspaper, however, had other pressing questions to ask its experts: "Some political analysts considered the withdrawal of al-Sadr Movement from the government as the first serious attempt to dismantle the quota system and adopt a right political and parliamentary approach."
According to the newspaper, "Other politicians believe that it will certainly serve the Iraqi political process, which they say is suffering from the burdens of the quota system, if other political blocs followed suit."
Sectarian parties dominate Maliki's government, and Iraqis have long complained that the deliberately careful ethnic makeup of the national unity government hinders Maliki, forcing him to tread carefully to keep his various constituencies happy, and turning ministries into personal fiefdoms of political blocs.


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A mall project at $ 120 million in Arbil
18 April 2007 (Iraq Directory)


Kurdistan Company for real estate development presented late last week the specifications draft for the construction of a mall in Kurdistan valued at $ 120 million and on an area of 104000 square meters; it is expected to be completed in a maximum of 4 years. According to the plan proposed, the mall will include a global hotel accommodating 300 beds, a commercial offices complex, big retail market, large shopping center, three buildings of residential apartments and a recreational area.
The Center is located near the international airport of Arbil and the new United Nations campus; it can be reached easily through a network of new roads. Bayan Sami Abdel Rahman, head of the board of directors of the Kurdistan Company for real estate development, said in a statement that starting this project, which is considered one of the largest real estate projects, is part of the growing economic activity in Kurdistan.
The mall is scheduled to provide business facilities and services on a global level for the growing number of multinational companies that seek to stabilize a foothold in Kurdistan. It is noteworthy that the Kurdistan Company for real estate development is a joint project between the National Real Estate Company, which is one of the largest real estate companies listed in the Kuwaiti stock market, and the Kurdistan Development Authority, which works to promote the Kurdistan region amid global investment companies.
The projects of the National Real Estate Company include the establishment and management of real estate Kuwait area of free trade and the construction and management of the resort Heights and Al-Sharq Market, both in Kuwait.
The Declaration on Erbil International Hotel included speeches of Osama Al-Bader, Director of the project, and Sheriff Kamal, Director of the National Engineering Company buildings. The occasion was also attended by a number of ministers and officials of the government of Kurdistan region and prominent representatives of the banking sector, the construction sector, the private sector and a number of international journalists.

A mall project at $ 120 million in Arbil | Iraq Updates

Kurds consider a bill Iraqi oil and gas "Bathi

(Voice of Iraq) - 18 - 04-2007

Dubai, UAE (CNN) -- refused Asti Horani and Petroleum Minister of the Kurdistan Wednesday strongly draft of the amended draft law new oil and gas was in violation of the constitution, stressing that the Kurds would follow the work under the contracts they have entered into previously.

ودعا الوزير الكردي إلى رمي المسودة الجديدة "في سلة النفايات" متهماً إياها بأنها "بعثية وقومية" بسبب تشديدها على مركزية القرار النفطي، وتضمنّها قرار إعادة تشكيل شركة النفط الوطنية العراقية.

The Kurdish minister to throw new draft "in the waste basket", accusing them as "state and national" because of its emphasis on the centrality of oil resolution, contained in the resolution of the restructuring of the Iraqi National Oil Company.

وفي حديث لموقع CNN بالعربية، لم يرغب هوراني في تأكيد عزم الأعضاء الأكراد في البرلمان العراقي التصويت ضد القانون، وذلك بالتلميح إلى أن الأمور ما زالت في مرحلتها الأولية ولم تصل المسودة بعد إلى مجلس الوزراء.

In an interview with the CNN in Arabic, did not wish to confirm the determination Horani Kurdish member of the Iraqi Parliament to vote against the law, and the intimation that things are still at a preliminary stage and up to the draft after the Council of Ministers.

وقلّل الوزير الكردي من تأثيرات ملف كركوك على هذا الخلاف الجديد بين حكومة إقليم كردستان والحكومة المركزية، باعتبار أن آبار النفط في المدينة ستتبع شركة النفط الوطنية العتيدة.

The Minister undervalued Kurdish Kirkuk file from the effects of this dispute between the new government of Kurdistan and the central government, as the oil wells in the city will follow the National Oil Company forthcoming.

واعتبر هوراني أن جوهر الخلاف ينحصر في تشخيص الدور الحقيقي المرتقب للاستثمارات الأجنبية، التي سيكون من شأن القانون الجديد تقييدها، بعد وضعه 82 في المائة من نفط العراق المنتج حالياًَ تحت سلطة الشركة الوطنية مما يترك هامش 18 في المائة فقط للشركات الأجنبية.

Horani said that the crux of the matter is limited to the diagnosis of the real role of the prospective foreign investments, which will have the effect of the new law restricted, after its 82% of Iraq's oil product currently under the authority of the national company, which will have a margin of only 18% to foreign companies.

مواقف هوراني جاءت خلال ندوة لمناقشة مسودة قانون النفط والغاز العراقي الجديد، نظمها البرلمان العراقي في دبي بالإمارات العربية بدعوة من مجلس الأعمال العراقي، وقد استدعت رداً من الشيخ خالد العطية نائب رئيس البرلمان الذي حضّ المشاركين على عدم استخدام تعابير غير لائقة.

Horani positions came during a seminar to discuss the draft law of oil and gas new Iraqi organized by the Iraqi Parliament in Dubai, United Arab invitation of the Iraqi Business Council, has summoned a reply from Sheikh Khaled al-Attiyah, Vice-President of the Parliament, which urged the participants not to use inappropriate language.

بالمقابل أكد حسين الشهرستاني، وزير النفط العراقي، أن حكومته "ستحول المشروع إلى البرلمان الأسبوع المقبل" مرجحاً أن تتم المصادقة عليه وعلى حزمة من المشاريع المماثلة، وفي مقدمتها قانون تنظيم وتوزيع الموارد المالية.

Conversely said Hussein Shahrastani, Iraqi Oil Minister, said that his government "will be submitted to Parliament next week," most likely to be endorsing it and the package of similar projects, mainly on the organization and distribution of financial resources.

وقال الشهرستاني إن مسودة القانون "نوقشت طوال ستة أشهر للخروج بمواد يتفق عليها الجميع" وأكد أن النفط والغاز "ملك لكل الشعب العراقي ويجب توزيع عوائده على كل المحافظات بنسبة سكانها."

Shahrastani said that the draft law "was discussed throughout the six months to get materials on which everyone agrees," and stressed that the oil and gas "belongs to all the Iraqi people and must distribute dividends to all the districts by population."

وحول صحة ما تردد عن أن ميل الأطراف العراقية إلى الموافقة على تعديل المسودة الأولية يعود إلى اكتشاف مخزون نفطي هائل في المناطق السنية أكد الشهرستاني لموقع CNN بالعربية اكتشاف حقل عملاق جديد في المنطقة الغربية قرب الحدود السورية أطلق عليه اسم "أكاس."

And on the veracity of the rumors about the tendency of Iraqi parties to agree to amend the initial draft is due to the discovery of huge oil stocks in the Sunni areas of the site confirmed Shahrastani CNN Arabic discovery of a giant new fields in the western region near the Syrian border called "Ekaas."

إلا أنه أرجع التوافق المستجد حول المسودة إلى "التزام مشترك من قبل كافة الأطراف البرلمانية العراقية لإقرار المشروع قبل نهاية شهر مايو/أيار" المقبل.

However, he attributed the emerging consensus on the draft to the "joint commitment by all parties to the Iraqi parliament to approve the bill before the end of May," he said.

وأكد الوزير العراقي وجود مواد خاصة تضمن بقاء نفط العراق تحت سيطرة العراقيين، مؤكداً أن الأولوية ستمنح للاستثمارات والشركات على أساس الكفاءة، وذلك في رد ضمني على التشكيك بقدرة الحكومة العراقية على رفض عروض الشركات الأمريكية.

The Iraqi minister of special materials to ensure the survival of Iraq's oil under the control of the Iraqis, stressing that priority should be given to investments and companies on the basis of efficiency, in an implicit response to question the ability of the Iraqi government to refuse offers of American companies.

من جهته أوضح علي بابان، وزير التخطيط والتعاون الإنمائي العراقي أن إقرار مجلس الوزراء قيام صندوق عراقي اتحادي لجمع عوائد النفط يشكل حسماً للجدل الدائر حول هوية الثروة النفطية، ويعيدها إلى الشعب العراقي عوض تخصيصها لسكان المحافظة المنتجة.

For his part, explained the Papan, the Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation said that the endorsement of the Iraqi Council of Ministers by the federal fund-raising Iraqi oil revenues is critical to the debate about the identity of oil wealth, and returned to the Iraqi people instead allocated to maintain productive population.

وأكد بابان أن 92 في المائة من مدخول العراق الحالي مصدره عوائد النفط، ودعا إلى النهوض السريع بهذا القطاع متوقعاً أن يعاني العالم خلال الأعوام الخمسة المقبلة من "جوع نفطي" سيكون للعراق دور كبير في إشباعه.

The Papan that 92% of the incomes from Iraq's current oil revenues, and called for the rapid rise in this sector is expected to suffer the world over the next five years from the "oil hunger" of Iraq would be a big role in saturated.

أما بالنسبة إلى المعايير التي سيتم بموجبها توزيع عوائد النفط، فقد كشف الوزير العراقي وجود معيارين أساسيين يتمثلان بعدد سكان المحافظة أولاً، وبنسبة الأضرار التي تعرضت لها خلال حكم النظام السابق أو في الأحداث التي تلته.

As for the criteria, which would distribute oil revenues, the Iraqi minister disclosed the existence of two main Qus size of the preserve first, and by the damage suffered during the previous regime and the events that followed.

غير أن هذه المواقف لم تلق موافقة الوزير أشتي هوراني، وزير نفط إقليم كردستان، الذي اعتبر أن مسودة القانون الجديدة مخالفة للدستور وتعيد "مركزة" القطاع في العاصمة، واصفاً الأمر بأنه إجحاف بحق إقليم كردستان الذي "قفز قفزات كبيرة إلى الأمام وبات لديه قانون نفطي خاص" على حد تعبيره.

However, these positions have not received the approval of the minister Asti Horani, and Petroleum Minister Kurdistan, who believed that the new draft law in violation of the Constitution and restore "focused" sector in the capital, describing the matter as a prejudice to the Kurdistan region, which "jumped great leaps forward and now has the special oil," as he put it.

وانتقد هوراني تشكيل مؤسسة مستقلة للنفط العراقي، محتجاً على ذلك بوجود وزارة، مطالباً بالحصول على حصة كردستان من عوائد النفط بصورة مباشرة دون المرور بوزارة المالية.

Horani and criticized the formation of an independent Iraqi oil, arguing that there Ministry, demanding access to Kurdistan's share of oil revenues directly without passing through the Ministry of Finance.

كما تم خلال المؤتمر استعراض بيانات النفط العراقي، حيث أكد الخبراء وجود احتياطي ثابت قدره 115 مليار برميل مع احتياطي متوقع يقدّر بما بين 215 و330 مليار برميل مما يضع العراق على قدم المساواة مع السعودية.

It was during the review of the data for the Iraqi oil, where experts confirmed the existence of a fixed amount of reserves 115 billion barrels, with expected reserves are estimated at between 215 and 330 billion barrels, which puts Iraq on an equal footing with Saudi Arabia.

يذكر أن إنتاج العراق النفطي لا يتجاوز حالياً المليوني برميل، وهو رقم أقل بكثير من قدرته على التصدير، إلا أن بنية القطاع التحتية التي تعرضت لأضرار شديدة خلال سنوات من الحصار والحروب تحول دون ذلك.

It is noteworthy that Iraq's oil production is now less than 2 million barrels, a figure much lower than the ability to export, but the structure of the infrastructure sector, which suffered severe damage during the years of embargo and war to prevent it.

ويأتي مشروع القانون الجديد كتعديل للمشروع السابق وذلك بعض مفاوضات أقرّ معظم المشاركين في الندوة أنها قامت على أسس "المحاصصة."

The new draft law amending the previous draft and some negotiations approved most of the participants in the symposium on the grounds that it had "quotas."

ويعتبر إعادة إحياء الشركة الوطنية لنفط العراق وإنشاء صندوق مشترك لعوائد النفط أبرز محاور هذا القانون، إلى جانب التقسيم الجديد لأبار النفط، حيث سيتم منح حقوق الإنتاج في 52 بئراً نفطياً عاملاً إلى الشركة الوطنية، فيما ستتنافس الشركات الأجنبية على حقوق استثمار 26 بئراً غير منتجة بعد إلى جانب نيل رخص الاستكشاف.

The revive the national oil company of Iraq and the establishment of a joint fund for oil revenues highlighted the axes of this law, in addition to the new division of oil wells, which will be given production rights in 52 oil wells to a national company, will compete with foreign companies to invest 26 wells human unproductive after alongside Neil exploration licenses.

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