Kurdistan Region.. The first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs was held

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Kurdistan Parliament meets next Monday: Several laws are read, topped by the amendment of "Oil and Gas"

 

 2022-06-25 08:19

 

Shafaq News/ The Presidency of Kurdistan Parliament announced today, Saturday, that a meeting will be held next Monday to discuss a number of issues, including conducting the second reading of the draft law to amend the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 

A statement by the Presidency of Parliament, received by Shafaq News Agency, stated that it invites members of Parliament for the 9th regular session of the spring session of the fourth year of the fifth session of Parliament, at ten o'clock in the morning next Monday. 

The statement explained that according to the session's work program, it includes voting on the proposed law (tourism in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and the first reading of the proposed law (the Syndicate of Health Professions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq), (animal protection in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and (protection of animal rights in the region of Iraq). Iraqi Kurdistan). 

The statement also stated that Monday’s session includes the second reading of a number of legal proposals and projects, namely: a proposed law (activating the Federal Law for Electronic Signature and Electronic Dealing No. 78 of 2012 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq), and a draft law (the first amendment to the Oil and Gas Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). And a draft law (the first amendment to the Law on the Protection and Reform of the Environment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq No. 8 of 2008).

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Thanks so much MASTER YOTA!!!! 😊

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Kurdistan Parliament votes to amend the oil and gas law in the region

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On Wednesday, the Kurdistan Parliament voted on the first amendment to the oil and gas law in the region No. 22 of 2007.
79 members of Parliament voted in favor of the amendment related to Article 4 of the law directed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to the Parliament of Kurdistan.
The amendment includes adding the Prime Minister's Cabinet to the membership of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs.
On Monday, the Kurdistan Parliament held the second reading of the draft law to amend the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region.
Referred to the fourth article of the law, which provided for the formation of a regional council of “the Prime Minister – as president, the deputy prime minister – as vice president, the Minister of Natural Resources – as a member, the Minister of Finance and Economy – as a member, and the Minister of Planning – as a member,” before adding a chief of staff Cabinet to membership of the Council under the amendment approved today.
The Regional Council sets the general principles of oil policy and plans for exploration and development of fields and their amendments in the region, approving contracts for oil operations, and determining the level of production in line with Paragraph Two of Article (112) of the Federal Constitution.
Article (112) of the Federal Constitution in force for 2005 states: “First: The federal government shall manage the oil and gas extracted from the current fields with the governments of the producing regions and governorates, provided that their imports are distributed in an equitable manner commensurate with the population distribution throughout the country, with a specified share For a specific period of time for the affected regions, which were unfairly deprived of them by the previous regime, and which were subsequently damaged, in a way that ensures balanced development for the different regions of the country, and this is regulated by law. Second: The federal government and the governments of the producing regions and governorates shall together draw up the strategic policies necessary to develop the oil and gas wealth, in a manner that achieves the highest benefit for the Iraqi people, adopting the latest techniques of market principles and encouraging investment. Ended 29/R77

 

 

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Kurdistan Parliament votes on the first amendment to the oil and gas law

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برلمان كردستان يصوت على التعديل الأول لقانون النفط والغاز - اخبار العراق (iraqakhbar-com.translate.goog)

 

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Today, Wednesday, Kurdistan Parliament voted on the first amendment to the Oil and Gas Law in the region No. 22 of 2007.

And 79 members of Parliament voted in favor of the amendment related to Article 4 of the law directed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to the Parliament of Kurdistan.

The amendment includes adding the Prime Minister's Cabinet to the membership of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs.

On Monday, the Kurdistan Parliament held the second reading of the bill to amend the Oil and Gas Law in the Kurdistan Region.

Referred to the fourth article of the law, which provided for the formation of a regional council of “the Prime Minister – as president, the deputy prime minister – as vice president, the Minister of Natural Resources – as a member, the Minister of Finance and Economy – as a member, and the Minister of Planning – as a member,” before adding a chief of staff Cabinet to membership of the Council under the amendment approved today.

The Regional Council sets the general principles of oil policy and plans for exploration and development of fields and their amendments in the region, approving contracts for oil operations, and determining the level of production in line with Paragraph Two of Article (112) of the Federal Constitution.

Article (112) of the Federal Constitution in force for 2005 states: “First: The federal government shall manage the oil and gas extracted from the current fields with the governments of the producing regions and governorates, provided that their imports are distributed in an equitable manner commensurate with the population distribution throughout the country, with a specified share For a specific period of time for the affected regions, which were unfairly deprived of them by the previous regime, and which were subsequently damaged, in a way that ensures balanced development for the different regions of the country, and this is regulated by law. Second: The federal government and the governments of the producing regions and governorates shall together draw up the strategic policies necessary to develop the oil and gas wealth, in a manner that achieves the highest benefit for the Iraqi people, adopting the latest techniques of market principles and encouraging investment.

It is noteworthy that the Federal Supreme Court issued in mid-February a decision that the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan Regional Government was unconstitutional, with its obligation to hand over all oil production from oil fields in the region and other regions to the federal government, but the authorities in the Kurdistan Region confirmed that the decision is “political and unconstitutional.” and not applicable.”

 

 

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In today's session 29/6 / 2022 for

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Ratification (First Amendment to the Oil and Gas Act) and (First Amendment to the Environmental Protection and Reform Act). - Conduct the first reading of the proposal of the Law (Kurdistan Regional Olympic Committee) and the proposal of the Law (Kurdistan Regional Biological Union).

 

 

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Parliament approved amendments to the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas law in its Wednesday session.

According to Kurdistan 24’s correspondent, most parliament members voted for the amendments to the law.

“Seventy-nine parliament members out of the 111 members voted for amending Article 4 of the oil and gas law, which is related to the structure of the Kurdistan Region’s Oil and Gas Supreme Council,” Golizar Rasheed, the deputy head of parliament’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Kurdistan 24. 

Thirty-two parliament members did not vote for the law’s amendments. 

“The amendment added one additional member to the Kurdistan Region’s Oil and Gas Supreme Council,” Ali Hama-Salih, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee head, told Kurdistan 24. “However, we had concerns about implementing the oil and gas law, particularly regarding the establishment of a company for drilling, transporting, and marketing the oil.” 

The additional member of the five-member Oil and Gas Supreme Council is the Chief of Staff of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Council of Ministers. 

Under this new amendment, three members of the Oil and Gas Supreme Council will be from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), two from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and one from the Movement for Change (Gorran). 

A few months ago, the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court ruled that the KRG oil and gas law is unconstitutional. The decision was firmly rejected by Kurdistan Region’s parliament, government, presidency, and Supreme Judiciary. 

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil also threatened international oil companies with contracts with the KRG, telling them to stop operating in the Kurdistan Region or face legal action.

Following these developments, the KRG started to think about establishing its own oil and gas company that would handle the drilling, production, transportation, and marketing of the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas, so it’s not dependent upon working with international oil companies. 

The amendments made Wednesday in the Kurdistan Parliament are part of the KRG’s efforts to achieve self-dependency in its energy sector. 

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Parliamentary Response To Kurdistan's Oil Decision: Wait For Our Tough Stance

POLITICALParliamentary response to Kurdistan's oil decision: Wait for our tough stance - Information Agency (almaalomah.me)

2022/06/29 | 6:29 P.M.

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On Wednesday, Intisar al-Jazairi, a member of the parliamentary oil, gas and natural resources committee, commented on the amendment of the oil and gas decision by the Kurdistan Regional Parliament despite its cancellation from the Federal Court, while confirming that the oil committee is waiting for the end of the legislative chapter to stop Kurdistan and issue a tough decision against it.

 

"The Kurdistan government always takes away rights and receives more than its financial benefits, from monthly salaries of more than 300 billion dinars per month to the salaries of regional employees to the oil quota demanded to be handed over to the Government of Baghdad," al-Jazairi told Al-Ma'ita.

"The kurdish parliament's recent decision to amend the oil and gas law in the region is intended to thwart and overturn the federal court's decision and not abide by it, and is the main reason behind the differences between Baghdad and Erbil," she said, stressing that "all violations and decisions that stand in the way of the judiciary will be challenged."

"The committee is waiting for the end of the legislative recess and the start of the formation of a government to issue a deterrent and strict decision against the Kurdistan government and to stand up to the challenges that will stand in the way of the implementation of the federal oil and gas law," said a member of the parliamentary oil committee.

"The departure of some foreign companies from the region confirms that the court's decisions are in force and the basic constitution to which Iraqi provinces and government departments, including the government, are subject," she said.

On Wednesday, the Kurdistan Parliament voted to amend the 22nd Regional Oil and Gas Act of 2007, despite a decision by the Federal Court in Baghdad to repeal the law and consider it contrary to the provisions of the federal constitution. It's over

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Kurdistan Parliament amends oil and gas law

Under this new amendment, three members of the Oil and Gas Supreme Council will be from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), two from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and one from the Movement for Change (Gorran). 

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Kurdistan Parliament members voting on amending the oil and gas law, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, June 29, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan Parliament)

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Parliament approved amendments to the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas law in its Wednesday session.

According to Kurdistan 24’s correspondent, most parliament members voted for the amendments to the law.

“Seventy-nine parliament members out of the 111 members voted for amending Article 4 of the oil and gas law, which is related to the structure of the Kurdistan Region’s Oil and Gas Supreme Council,” Golizar Rasheed, the deputy head of parliament’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Kurdistan 24. 

Thirty-two parliament members did not vote for the law’s amendments. 

“The amendment added one additional member to the Kurdistan Region’s Oil and Gas Supreme Council,” Ali Hama-Salih, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee head, told Kurdistan 24. “However, we had concerns about implementing the oil and gas law, particularly regarding the establishment of a company for drilling, transporting, and marketing the oil.” 

The additional member of the five-member Oil and Gas Supreme Council is the Chief of Staff of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Council of Ministers. 

Under this new amendment, three members of the Oil and Gas Supreme Council will be from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), two from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and one from the Movement for Change (Gorran). 

A few months ago, the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court ruled that the KRG oil and gas law is unconstitutional. The decision was firmly rejected by Kurdistan Region’s parliament, government, presidency, and Supreme Judiciary. 

 

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil also threatened international oil companies with contracts with the KRG, telling them to stop operating in the Kurdistan Region or face legal action.

Following these developments, the KRG started to think about establishing its own oil and gas company that would handle the drilling, production, transportation, and marketing of the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas, so it’s not dependent upon working with international oil companies. 

The amendments made Wednesday in the Kurdistan Parliament are part of the KRG’s efforts to achieve self-dependency in its energy sector. 

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Kurdistan parliament votes to amend oil and gas law

 

 

420 Policy 2022/06/29 15:28 Baghdad today -

Kurdistan Today, Wednesday, the Kurdistan Regional Parliament voted on the first amendment to the Oil and Gas Law in the region No. 22 of 2007. A statement by the Kurdistan Parliament, received by (Baghdad today), said that "79 members of Parliament voted in favor of the amendment relating to Article 4 of the law directed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to the Parliament of Kurdistan, as the amendment includes adding the head of the Cabinet Office to the membership of the Regional Council for Oil Affairs. and gas." The Kurdistan Parliament had held the first reading on Monday of the draft law to amend the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region . Referred to the fourth article of the law, which provided for the formation of a regional council of “the Prime Minister – as president, the deputy prime minister – as vice president, the Minister of Natural Resources – as a member, the Minister of Finance and Economy – as a member, and the Minister of Planning – as a member,” before adding a chief of staff Council of Ministers to the membership of the Council under the amendment approved today . The Regional Council sets the general principles of oil policy and plans for exploration and development of fields and their amendments in the region, approving contracts for oil operations, and determining the level of production in line with Paragraph Two of Article (112) of the Federal Constitution . Article (112) of the Federal Constitution in force for 2005 states: “First: The federal government shall manage the oil and gas extracted from the current fields with the governments of the producing regions and governorates, provided that their imports are distributed in an equitable manner commensurate with the population distribution in all parts of the country, with defining the share of For a specific period for the affected regions, which were unjustly deprived of them by the previous regime, and which were subsequently damaged, in a manner that ensures balanced development for the different regions of the country, and this is regulated by law. Oil and gas, in a manner that achieves the highest benefit for the Iraqi people, adopting the latest techniques of market principles and encouraging investment . It is noteworthy that the Federal Supreme Court issued in mid-February a decision that the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan Regional Government was unconstitutional, with obligating it to hand over all oil production from oil fields in the region and other regions to the federal government, but the authorities in the Kurdistan region confirmed that the decision is “political and unconstitutional.” and not applicable

[horsesoldier]

We can honestly say between Iraq & Kurdistan they agree to disagree on literally EVERYTHING!!!!

[DoD]

Maybe Kurdistan needs someone to have an indebted meeting with them to explain that their oil and gas law is unconstitutional according to their Supreme Federal Court. 
They can amend it a 100 times and it will still be unconstitutional. 
It’s a shame their sitting on a resource that could bring them out of the dark ages and into another Dubai but would rather stall and prolong because of the corruption and greed is shameful.

Their just not smart enough to figure out that the world is slowly turning off the need for fossil fuel and what they are arguing about will become worthless….

[horsesoldier]

36 minutes ago, DoD said:

Maybe Kurdistan needs someone to have an indebted meeting with them to explain that their oil and gas law is unconstitutional according to their Supreme Federal Court. 
They can amend it a 100 times and it will still be unconstitutional. 
It’s a shame their sitting on a resource that could bring them out of the dark ages and into another Dubai but would rather stall and prolong because of the corruption and greed is shameful.

Their just not smart enough to figure out that the world is slowly turning off the need for fossil fuel and what they are arguing about will become worthless….

[6ly410]

 

[utah rock]

50 minutes ago, DoD said:

Maybe Kurdistan needs someone to have an indebted meeting with them to explain that their oil and gas law is unconstitutional according to their Supreme Federal Court. 
They can amend it a 100 times and it will still be unconstitutional. 
It’s a shame their sitting on a resource that could bring them out of the dark ages and into another Dubai but would rather stall and prolong because of the corruption and greed is shameful.

Their just not smart enough to figure out that the world is slowly turning off the need for fossil fuel and what they are arguing about will become worthless….

It might also be true that you don’t truly understand their situation and are regurgitating mass media talking points that align with you desired out come.

The Kerds are and have been America’s STRONGEST!!! allies in that region, it’s sad how a desire for money can erase a history of chemical weapon attacks, the abandonment of the north by Iraqi government to protect them from ISIS and so much more. But hey, if we get paid they should do what needs to be done, for our bottom line. 
opinions….

[horsesoldier]

Gotta say, certainly appears as if the Circus 🎪 has come to town.

[DoD]

LMAO!!! What in my post would you be referring to that I’m regurgitating? Could it be the decision of the Federal Courts? Or the corruption of the region…either one is a true fact. I think you may need a refresher course on Kurdistan if you think the USA has always been loved by the Kurds. Ask the old timers there about the American Abandonment but that’s for another lesson. 
When the revaluation of the Iraqi Dinar finally occurs it certainly won’t be of any support from the crooked Kurds…

[utah rock]

7 hours ago, DoD said:

LMAO!!! What in my post would you be referring to that I’m regurgitating? Could it be the decision of the Federal Courts? Or the corruption of the region…either one is a true fact. I think you may need a refresher course on Kurdistan if you think the USA has always been loved by the Kurds. Ask the old timers there about the American Abandonment but that’s for another lesson. 
When the revaluation of the Iraqi Dinar finally occurs it certainly won’t be of any support system" rel="">support from the crooked Kurds…

It’s all regurgitation, you, me all of it. I apologize for using such an abrasive term, I was having an off morning and picked your response to go off on, that is my fault and problem and I do apologize for even appearing to attack your understanding and knowledge of the situation. 
This investment is more enjoyable to me spectating and some day, hopefully soon, cashing out. I could care less about politics, theirs, the ones here at home, could care less. 
Sorry once again, god bless and may this investment be spectacular for everyone 

[DoD]

35 minutes ago, utah rock said:

It’s all regurgitation, you, me all of it. I apologize for using such an abrasive term, I was having an off morning and picked your response to go off on, that is my fault and problem and I do apologize for even appearing to attack your understanding and knowledge of the situation. 
This investment is more enjoyable to me spectating and some day, hopefully soon, cashing out. I could care less about politics, theirs, the ones here at home, could care less. 
Sorry once again, god bless and may this investment be spectacular for everyone 

Totally agree, thanks for the reply…

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani chaired the first meeting of the Kurdistan Region Oil and Gas Supreme Council on Thursday. 

Prime Minister Barzani discussed oil revenues for the first six months of 2022 with Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, who is also the council’s deputy president, and the rest of the council’s members. 

The meeting comes a day after the Kurdistan Parliament activated the council on Wednesday. 

Read More: Kurdistan Parliament amends oil and gas law

Attendees discussed how oil revenue was spent. The majority of this revenue went to paying government employee salaries. They also discussed other expenditures the revenue was used for paying. 

The council revealed that the Deloitte auditing company’s report about the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) oil revenues for the last six months will be released next week. 

The council also discussed the oil and gas disputes between the KRG and the Iraqi government and the KRG’s legal efforts to confront unjust pressure on its oil and gas sector. 

The council’s members emphasized resolving the Erbil-Baghdad disputes per the Iraqi constitution and reaffirmed the KRG delegation’s readiness to visit Baghdad for talks. 

The Kurdistan Parliament approved amendments to the Kurdistan Region’s oil and gas law in its Wednesday session.

“The amendment added one additional member to the Kurdistan Region’s Oil and Gas Supreme Council,” Ali Hama-Salih, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee head, told Kurdistan 24.

“Seventy-nine parliament members out of the 111 members voted for amending Article 4 of the oil and gas law,” Golizar Rasheed, the deputy head of parliament’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, told Kurdistan 24. 

The Iraqi government is supposed to send 200 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $137 million) per month to the KRG to pay its employees’ salaries. However, over the last six months, Baghdad has only sent 400 billion dinars (approximately $274 million).

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Towards resolving the oil file with Baghdad

Decisions and discussions during the first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs in Kurdistan

2022.06.30 - 19:42

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The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, confirmed Thursday that his government is making legal preparations under the constitution, to face the pressures of the federal government and the Federal Oil Ministry, reiterating the region's negotiating delegation's readiness to visit Baghdad in this regard.  

  

 

The Kurdistan Regional Government stated in a statement received by "NAS" (June 30, 2022), "The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government and Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs, Masrour Barzani, supervised the first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs after amending the Oil and Gas Law.  

  

At the meeting, which was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs Qubad Talabani, they discussed oil revenues and expenditures for the first six months of 2022.  

  

In the first paragraph of the meeting, "the general revenues obtained from the export and sale of oil were presented, which include the total oil produced, exported and consumed locally, in addition to the average price of a barrel of oil sold during this period."  

  

After that, "it was discussed how the revenues were spent in financing the salaries of the six months of this year, as the Kurdistan Regional Government provided the necessary funds from oil revenues to fully finance salaries for six months of 2022, while the federal government should have sent a trillion and 200 billion dinars during the first six months of 2022, but it sent only two months' worth of 400 billion dinars, while the regional government provided salaries monthly from oil revenues and internal revenues, and distributed salaries every month.  

  

The meeting also discussed "other government expenditures, except for salary expenditures obtained from oil revenues in the first six months of 2022, and it was decided that the Deloitte report, enhanced by statistics, information and figures, would be presented to the public next week. The meeting also stressed the need to enhance transparency in this direction, As the region provides the federal government with all information and numbers, and it does so even for public opinion in the region, Iraq and abroad, and will continue to do so, especially since the recent report of the joint team of the financial audit bureaus of the region and Baghdad regarding the audit of revenues, expenditures, debts and staffing, is evidence of this fact.  

  

The second period of the meeting dealt with "the latest developments regarding the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government over the dispute over oil and gas, as well as the legal preparations that the Kurdistan Regional Government is making, under the constitution, to confront the pressures of the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Oil."  

  

The meeting stressed "the necessity of solving problems in accordance with the constitution, and reiterated the region's negotiating delegation's readiness to visit Baghdad in this regard."  

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POSTED ON 2022-06-30 BY SOTALIRAQ

Masrour Barzani oversees the first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs

 

Today, Thursday, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government and Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs, Masrour Barzani, supervised the first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs after amending the Oil and Gas Law.

At the meeting, which was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs Qubad Talabani, they discussed oil revenues and expenditures for the first six months of 2022, according to a statement by the regional government.

In the first paragraph of the meeting, the general revenues obtained from the export and sale of oil were presented, which include the total oil produced, exported and consumed locally, in addition to the average price of a barrel of oil sold during this period.

After that, it was discussed how the revenues were spent in financing the salaries of the six months of this year, as the Kurdistan Regional Government provided the necessary funds from oil revenues to fully finance salaries for six months of 2022, while the federal government should have sent one trillion and 200 billion dinars. During the first six months of 2022, however, it sent only two months' worth of 400 billion dinars, while the KRG provided salaries monthly from oil and internal revenues, and distributed salaries each month.

The meeting also discussed other government expenditures, except for salary expenditures obtained from oil revenues in the first six months of 2022, and it was decided that the Deloitte report, enhanced by statistics, information and figures, would be presented to public opinion next week. The meeting also stressed the need to enhance transparency in this direction, as The region provides the federal government with all information and figures, and it does so even for public opinion in the region, Iraq and abroad, and will continue to do so, especially since the recent report of the joint team of the Financial Supervision Bureaus of the region and Baghdad regarding the audit of revenues, expenditures, debts and staffing, is evidence of this fact.

The second period of the meeting dealt with the latest developments regarding the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government over the dispute over oil and gas, as well as the legal preparations made by the Kurdistan Regional Government, under the constitution, to confront the pressures of the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Oil. The meeting stressed the need to solve problems in accordance with the constitution, and reiterated the region's negotiating delegation's readiness to visit Baghdad in this regard.

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Kurdistan Region.. The first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs was held

 

 2022-07-01 09:59

 

Shafaq News/ The President of Kurdistan Regional Government and Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs, Masrour Barzani, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, supervised the first meeting of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs after amending the Oil and Gas Law.

At the meeting, which was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs Qubad Talabani, they discussed oil revenues and expenditures for the first six months of 2022.

In the first paragraph of the meeting, the general revenues obtained from the export and sale of oil were presented, which include the total oil produced, exported and consumed locally, in addition to the average price of a barrel of oil sold during this period.

After that, it was discussed how the revenues were spent in financing the salaries of the six months of this year, as the Kurdistan Regional Government provided the necessary funds from oil revenues to fully finance salaries for six months of 2022, while the federal government should have sent one trillion and 200 billion dinars. During the first six months of 2022, however, it sent only two months' worth of 400 billion dinars, while the KRG provided salaries monthly from oil and internal revenues, and distributed salaries each month.

The meeting also discussed other government expenditures, except for salary expenditures obtained from oil revenues in the first six months of 2022, and it was decided that the Deloitte report, enhanced by statistics, information and figures, would be presented to public opinion next week. The meeting also stressed the need to enhance transparency in this direction, as The region provides the federal government with all information and figures, and it does so even for public opinion in the region, Iraq and abroad, and will continue to do so, especially since the recent report of the joint team of the Financial Supervision Bureaus of the region and Baghdad regarding the audit of revenues, expenditures, debts and staffing, is evidence of this fact.

The second period of the meeting dealt with the latest developments regarding the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government over the dispute over oil and gas, as well as the legal preparations made by the Kurdistan Regional Government, under the constitution, to confront the pressures of the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Oil. The meeting stressed the need to solve problems in accordance with the constitution, and reiterated the region's negotiating delegation's readiness to visit Baghdad in this regard.

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The region announces constitutional legal moves to confront Baghdad's pressure on Kurdistan's oil and gas file

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June 30, 2022

 

 

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Today, Thursday, the Kurdistan Region announced that it has taken constitutional legal moves to confront the pressures exerted by Baghdad regarding the oil and gas file related to the region, stressing at the same time that the federal government sent only 400 billion dinars out of a total of 1.2 trillion dinars in the first half of this year. This came during the first meeting held by the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs, after the amendment of the Oil and Gas Law, headed by the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, and in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs Qubad Talabani.

According to an official statement issued by the Prime Minister's Media Office, the meeting discussed oil revenues and expenditures for the first six months of 2022.

The statement added that in the first paragraph of the meeting, the general revenues obtained from the export and sale of oil were presented, which include the total oil produced, exported and consumed locally, in addition to the average price of a barrel of oil sold during this period.

He pointed out that the meeting dealt with "how to spend revenues in financing the salaries of the six months of this year, as the Kurdistan Regional Government provided the necessary funds from oil revenues to fully finance salaries for six months of 2022." The statement stated, “While the federal government should have sent one trillion and 200 billion dinars during the first six months of 2022, it only sent a two-month amount of 400 billion dinars, while the regional government provided salaries monthly from oil revenues and internal revenues, and distributed salaries in Per month".

The statement stated that "the meeting also discussed other government expenditures, except for salary expenditures obtained from oil revenues in the first six months of 2022, and it was decided that the Deloitte report, enhanced by statistics, information and figures, would be presented to public opinion next week."

The meeting also stressed, according to the statement, “the need to enhance transparency in this direction, as the region provides the federal government with all information and numbers, and it does so even for public opinion in the region, Iraq and abroad, and it will continue to do so, especially since the recent report of the joint team of the financial audit bureaus of the region and Baghdad.” Regarding the audit of revenues, expenditures, debts and staffing, there is evidence of this fact.”

The second period of the meeting dealt with the latest developments regarding the relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government over the dispute over oil and gas, as well as the legal preparations made by the Kurdistan Regional Government, under the constitution, to confront the pressures of the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Oil. The meeting stressed the need to solve problems in accordance with the constitution, and reiterated the region's negotiating delegation's readiness to visit Baghdad in this regard, according to the statement.

[horsesoldier]

One crooked criminal mob of politicians leaning hard on another crooked criminal mob of politicians.

The entertainment never ceases.

[yota691]

Kurdish Criticism Of Kurdistan Parliament's Vote On The Oil Law

 

2022/07/02 | 3:37 PM

Information / Sulaymaniyah..

On Saturday, a member of the Kurdistan Justice Party, Rebwar Muhammad Amin, criticized the Kurdistan Regional Parliament's vote to amend the oil and gas law.

 

In an interview with the Information Agency, Amin said, "The regional parliament's taking this step is a challenge to the judiciary's decision, and the Kurdish citizen will pay his tax."

He added that "the political escalation is not in the interest of the region at all, and we need it at this stage to calm down and end disputes with the federal government, to ensure the continued sending of employee salaries and the non-recurrence of differences and recklessness between the two parties."

He pointed out that "the challenge of the Iraqi judiciary's decision will be problematic for the constitutional entity of the region."

The parliament of the Kurdistan region approved the amendment of the oil and gas law in the region, despite the Iraqi judiciary’s decision that prevents the export of Kurdistan oil