Irak doet moeilijk over Koerdische olie-deals, waarschuwt Turkije

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Iraq warns Kurdish oil exports to Turkey harm ties

(Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday that oil exports from Kurdistan to Turkey by truck were "illegal", warning Ankara that such trade with the autonomous region could damage its relations with the central government in Baghdad.

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which borders Turkey, is locked in a dispute with the central Iraqi government over oil exports and energy policy has become a very sensitive topic.

Turkey said on Friday it had begun importing 5 to 10 road tankers of crude a day from the northern region of Iraq and the volume could rise to 100-200 tankers per day.

"Exporting oil from Kurdistan to Turkey is illegal and illegitimate," Iraq government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.

He said that the oil is the property of all Iraqis and that any exports and revenue collection should be organised by the central government.

"Turkey, in doing this, is participating in the smuggling of Iraqi oil and putting itself in a position which we don't wish from a neighbor with which we have broad and large interests," he said.

"This issue will influence the relationships between the two countries, especially economic ones, which will be harmed."

A Kurdistan regional government source said last week that it had sent a small amount of oil to Turkey by trucks in exchange for diesel, adding it needed the refined product to run power stations.

Ankara has increasingly courted Iraqi Kurds as its relations with the Shi'ite-led central government in Baghdad have soured. Turkey is a major investment and trading partner for Iraq, especially for Kurdistan.

The Kurdish government source said last week Kurdistan was not getting enough of the refined product under supplies controlled by the central Iraqi government, making the trade with Turkey necessary to fill the gap.

Kurdistan infuriated Baghdad last year by signing production sharing contracts with U.S. group Exxon Mobil. A provincial governor said earlier this month he would also like to enter into talks with Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded energy company.

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Wat denken ze hiermee te bereiken?
De regering in Bagdad is wel heel erg zenuwachtig de laatste tijd .

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2012 16:04 schreef waht het volgende:

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Geld hè. Olie is waardevol.

Ja, maar ze hebben al de controle in het Noorden verloren en nu gaat de centrale regering, wat nu nog officieel een buurland is, bedreigen. Dat is niet erg slim, want zoveel goede relaties hebben ze niet .

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2012 18:01 schreef ClapClapYourHands het volgende:
Destabilisatie van Irak door de koerden te misbruiken is misschien best handig voor Turkije ja

Je ziet het fout. De Koerden gebruiken Turkije om voor onrust te zorgen. Wij verdienen namelijk geld aan de olie-deals die door de KRG gesloten worden. De KRG weet al goed dat Irak weinig goede relaties heeft en dit is niet de eerste olie deal die de KRG sluit. De Centrale Regering voelde zich al anaal vernederd na de olie-deal die gesloten werdn met ExxonMobil, en waar ze helemaal niets over te zeggen hadden, nu wordt de positie van Irak nog verder verslechterd omdat de Koerdische regering alles doet waar het zin heeft.

Daar kan de Iraanse marionet Maliki niet tegen .

En sp3c: olie is niet van Irak. De Arabieren in de Centrale Regering hebben nooit op Koerdische bodem gewoond, ook niet hun voorouders. Er hebben altijd Koerden gewoond dus al het olie in de KRG en de betwiste gebieden (die allemaal 75% Koerdisch zijn, in de vorige eeuw allemaal bijna 100%, maar Saddam heeft het destijds laten Arabiseren) is van de regering en de bevolking van de KRG, niet die van de Centrale Regering.

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2012 19:08 schreef Baghdaddy het volgende:
Daar ga je de mist in; het is ook niet Koerdisch grondgebied met zo'n redenering, in dat geval is het algemeen bekend dat het Semitisch grond is. Daarnaast is olie en gas in het zuiden meer te vinden zoals Shell dat goed door heeft.

Exxonmobil is zo goed als verbroken trouwens. Een bedrijf heeft de wetten van een staat te erkennen, met of zonder dwang.

http://articles.chicagotr(...)itive-obama-response

Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday that U.S. President Barack Obama backed Baghdad's

Juist ja .

De deal gaat gewoon door hoor, met of zonder steun van Obama. Obama heeft uiteindelijk weinig te zeggen, want olie maatschappijen hebben vaak meer macht dan een president .

De Zuid-Koerdische regering heeft gisteren trouwens nog benadrukt dat ze nog meer olie-deals zullen sluiten en ze binnenkort soortgelijke wapendeals zullen sluiten, zonder bemoeienis van de Centrale Regering.

Volgens mij wordt Maliki nu helemaal gek . Zijn Sjiitische vriend in Syrië zal de macht weldra verliezen, Barzani doet wat hij maar wil, ze hebben problemen met Turkije, ze hebben binnenlandse problemen, etc. etc. .

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2012 20:28 schreef Klinkerbotsing het volgende:
Niet haten op Maliki.

Waarom niet .
Die gast is een Iraanse marionet en een extremist, hij steunt momenteel Assad .

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Op vrijdag 20 juli 2012 20:29 schreef Klinkerbotsing het volgende:

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Bleble. Het is een goede man.

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Nog over olie-deals:

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- Chevron’s acquisition of Reliance is part of a new wave of major oil and gas deals with Erbil and with these developments Baghdad policy of deterring Oil and gas investments in Kurdistan has ended for good.

Reliable sources (from diplomatic, political and industry circles), who prefer to remain anonymous, have confirmed to Rudaw that several top league international oil companies are following ExxonMobil and have signed or are about to sign big new contracts with Kurdistan.

In addition to the Chevron deal, which was announced by the US company today, new deals are in the pipeline with the French company Total; a Russian state controlled company; and possibly the Norwegian company Statoil. Both Total and the Russian company are believed to have some other investments in the south of Iraq under contracts signed with Baghdad, but Statoil has already pulled out of a big oil field in Basra due to poor contracting conditions and have said they prefer to work in Kurdistan instead.

The Chevron deal involves the acquisition of the Kurdistan operated assets of the Indian Reliance Company, plus possibly the acquisition of many other unnamed interests from the KRG, as Chevron, just like ExxonMobil, sees itself becoming a large player in the Region. The details of the Total deal are still secretly guarded, but Rudaw’s well-informed industry sources are pointing to an agreement between Total and Marathon of the US, which has four contracts in the Region.

The Russian state controlled company comes as a big surprise, and its deal involves a direct contract with the KRG for KRG’s remaining share of interest in the blocks operated by Western Zagros.

These developments come soon after the recent decision of the Turkish authorities to grant permits for an oil and products trade with KRG, and the import of natural gas by the Siyahkalem company for power generation in Turkey. The gas import will be at 700 million cubic meters initially starting in the year 2014, which will gradually increased up to 3.2 billion cubic meters.

According to the Rudaw sources close to Ankara decision makers, the scale of Turkish involvement in the KRG energy sector is gradually becoming clearer. These sources point to the existence of a major exploration deal between a Turkish state owned company and the KRG. It is understood that KRG has already agreed to award several contracts and approved other contractual partnerships in favour of an unnamed Turkish state company. Rudaw believes that TPIC is the main players in the deal.

Potentially, this Turkish - KRG deal could be far larger than the deal forged late last year with ExxonMobil. These TPIC contracts point to a well-planned Turkish strategic policy shift towards the KRG to underpin its own energy security by accessing the large resources so close to its own borders, and to cement Ankara’s rapidly developing and growing economical and political ties with Erbil.

For sure, KRG has now become potentially a big energy player in the region. Critics and doubters may be silenced by these latest KRG achievements, as these appear to vindicate KRG’s consistent and determined contracting and investment policies.

These new waves of major contracts, are likely to embarrass the anti-KRG oil policy makers in Baghdad who will struggle to explain the IOC’s vote of confidence in Kurdistan. A senior oil executive told Rudaw: “They will now realize that their tactics to deter investments from Kurdistan have totally failed, the KRG oil policy is here to stay, and to put it simply Erbil has won, and Baghdad oil policy makers have lost the argument.”

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