Wiljor Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Iraq's Kurds to Continue Exporting Crude Independently in 2016 By Khalid Al Ansary - Jan 4, 2016, 5:02:35 AM Authorities in Iraq’s cash-strapped Kurdish region will withhold delivery of oil to the central government and export crude independently in 2016 to ensure revenue amid a global price slump, according to a senior lawmaker in the territory’s parliament. The central government in Baghdad wasn’t committed last year to paying the self-ruled Kurdistan Regional Government its 17 percent share of the federal budget, and this lack of commitment persists in 2016, said Izzat Sabir Ismael, chairman of the Kurdish parliament’s finance and economic affairs committee. Ismael also serves on the KRG’s parliamentary committee for energy, industry and natural resources. “Oil prices are low, and government revenues in 2015 were about $50 billion at best, which means half of what has been forecast,” he said in a phone interview. “If the KRG delivers to Baghdad the agreed quantity of 550,000 barrels a day, Baghdad will not be able to pay the KRG its share of the budget -- which is about $1 billion a month. So, the KRG studied the situation and decided to export oil on its own.” Cash Shortfall The KRG has fallen months behind in paying fees to international oil companies including DNO ASA and Genel Energy Plc as well as wages to its public-sector employees. The Kurds have been holding back crude produced in their enclave in northern Iraq and exporting it independently since June via a pipeline through Turkey, as they exercise greater control of their own affairs. KRG finances have been eroded by the budget impasse, the collapse in crude prices, and the cost of a war against Islamic State militants in Iraq, the second-biggest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The Kurds, who historically have resisted control by Arab-dominated governments in Baghdad, are independently developing oil reserves they say may total 45 billion barrels -- equivalent to almost a third of the deposits in the rest of Iraq, according to BP Plc data. The Kurdish region exported 600,769 barrels a day of crude in November, up 0.9 percent from the previous month, according to a KRG statement on Dec. 9. Iraq holds the world’s fifth-biggest oil reserves and is shipping the most crude in at least 25 years, even after Islamic State militants seized much of the country’s northwest. It produced 3.8 million barrels a day in December, excluding output from the Kurdish region, according to oil ministry data. The country shipped 3.22 million barrels a day last month after selling a record 3.365 million barrels in November, contributing to a worldwide glut. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-04/iraq-s-kurds-to-continue-exporting-crude-independently-in-2016 Edited January 4, 2016 by Wiljor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinadawg Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 BLOOMGERG 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgabrielie1 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 This does not speak well for a "Unified Iraq" now does it? So much for an HCL. Sounds more like they don't care what Baghdad thinks. Ever wonder who is supporting ISIS and or Daash? Sounds pretty obvious to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtFuryUSCZ Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 ***/// GOI has treated them like they've got fleas n' a case of the mange. Kurds say "enough! God helps those who help themsleves. You're movin' too slow, GOI, we cannot allow the sandbagging to continue to harm our people. Look what it's doing to your people, not to mention those poor Gringos waiting for their payday....". Thanks, Kurds ! GO KURDS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgabrielie1 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 ***/// GOI has treated them like they've got fleas n' a case of the mange. Kurds say "enough! God helps those who help themsleves. You're movin' too slow, GOI, we cannot allow the sandbagging to continue to harm our people. Look what it's doing to your people, not to mention those poor Gringos waiting for their payday....". Thanks, Kurds ! GO KURDS. Damn Straight! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtFuryUSCZ Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Damn Straight! ***/// .... ...! Thanks, HOTNESS ! We have special glasses we wear when reading MidEast News items... ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgabrielie1 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 ***/// .... ...! Thanks, HOTNESS ! We have special glasses we wear when reading MidEast News items... ...! We all do these days. We all do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10 YEARS LATER Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not buying into this . . . Bloomberg is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigergorzow Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wiljor Thanks, The GOI & KRG agreed per 2016 Budget and Parliament voted to give 17 % share to the Kurds. Done deal!! All are moving forward and we will see the HCL voted and approved. There is no stopping the plan that is currently in motion. GO RV!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgabrielie1 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 May be that Bloomberg is BS but it is still better than the Arabrish BS we see from the Iraqi Media Sources. Besides that, I can at least read the damn thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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