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| Kinematik | Jun 26 13, 10:14 Post #626 |
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I dont know about that.. Ofcourse KRG and the oil companies has to get their money for oil and such that Baghdad hasnt payed for, it was 3,5 billion KRG wanted in the budget for this but only got 600 million. But after all dues are paid the welth should be divided among all of i-rack, Hawrami has said this many times. http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-kurdistan-poised-pipe-oil-world-via-turkey-080238296--finance.html Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said earlier this month Turkey stood ready to support an arrangement under which 83 percent of oil export revenue went to Baghdad and the remaining 17 percent to Kurdistan. Edited by Kinematik, Jun 26 13, 10:16.
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| ALAN | Jun 26 13, 12:38 Post #627 |
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It don't matter what you say what you do is totally different, Kurdistan is autonomous and irack gives us no oil or anything we provide everything ourselves. And like I said they owe us lots of money and also we can deduct the genicides victim compensations from it too have you heard of Anfal and Halabja? Irack us going nowhere they owe us not vice versa. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jun 26 13, 12:40 Post #628 |
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They owe us for oil dues $3+ billion , Peshmerga budget $5 billion, genocide victims billions and billions... Until we totally separate KRG will only export the 17% worth and plus those mentioned above however the genocide's compo hasn't been spoken of yet but sooner or later KRG will like Kuwait did. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jun 27 13, 12:12 Post #629 |
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I think HCL will be signed soon... Adel Berwari: Barzani will visit Baghdad after returning from Russia .. And will carry with him the seven points of contention 26-06-2013 12:22 PM Hewlêr (news) .. The leader of the coalition of Kurdish blocs / Adel Tawfiq Barwari, that the South Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani will come to Baghdad after his return from Russia, pointing out that he carries with points of the seven that have been agreed with al-Maliki. Berwari said in a statement ( of the Agency news): The reason for the delay the advent of President of Kurdistan to Baghdad is traveling at the head of an official delegation to Russia, and will come to Baghdad after his return from Russia. said: that Barzani will carry with him points seven that have been agreed upon at the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Hewlêr , where he was the formation of an ad hoc committee to follow up on those points of contention. said the leader of the coalition of Kurdish blocs to: that the visit of Barzani to Baghdad will resolve differences in a practical and on the ground, and not just in the media.was MP / Kurdistan Alliance / Mohammad Qasim Hmokhta, reported that the truce political is not enough to resolve the outstanding differences between the political blocs, calling for the need to accelerate the implementation of what was agreed upon between the federal government and the provincial government, saying: Serenade political calm is required but not sufficient to resolve political differences, but need practical action and the implementation of previous agreements. / End / 24 .. / |
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| ALAN | Jun 27 13, 12:27 Post #630 |
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It's simple really. Kurdish areas outside of KRG administration must become official part of KRG (140 or not), Peshmerga budget, compensation of genocide victims. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jun 27 13, 12:35 Post #631 |
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Gulf Keystone to pump 40,000 bpd south Kurdistan (KRG) oil within coming weeks 26.6.2013 ERBIL-Hewlêr, south Kurdistan 'KRG',— Gulf Keystone Petroleum will produce 40,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) within the coming weeks after the south Kurdistan-focused explorer's field development plan was approved, the region's energy ministry said on Wednesday. Discovered in 2009, the Shaikan field is Gulf Keystone's prize asset, from which it aims to produce as much as 150,000 bpd in the next three years and 250,000 bpd by 2018. Production from the block will help the south South Kurdistan reach its overall oil export targets of one million barrels per day by the end of 2015, and two million barrels per day by the end of the decade. Gulf Keystone operates Shaikan, in which Kalegran Ltd, a subsidiary of Hungarian oil and gas group MOL, has a stake, as well as Texas Keystone Inc. In recent months, investor focus has been less on Gulf Keystone's activities in Kurdistan than its ownership of some of those assets, which the company has been defending in a London court battle after it was sued. Kurdish crude is also the subject of disputes with the Iraqi central government, which rejects contracts signed by the autonomous South Kurdistan as illegal and has withheld payment to companies operating there. Kurdistan says its right to grant contracts to foreign companies is enshrined in the Iraqi constitution, which was drawn up following the 2003 invasion that ousted Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. The Kurds have since passed their own oil and gas law, whilst disagreements among Iraq's Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish factions in the national power-sharing government have held up long-awaited hydrocarbons legislation. Reuters |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jun 27 13, 12:50 Post #632 |
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KRG Ministry of Natural Resources announces key milestone for the Shaikan oilfield [15:43] 13/Jun/26 PNA-Erbil, south Kurdistan - The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources is pleased to announce that it has today approved the field development plan for the Shaikan block, operated by Gulf Keystone. This is an important milestone in the development of one of the Kurdistan Regions’ most important oilfields. A Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) spokesman said: “Gulf Keystone has done outstanding work during the exploration phase, exceeding its minimum contractual requirements from two wells to seven wells, and making substantial progress in defining and delineating the Shaikan field.” Production from the Shaikan block will play a crucial role in helping the South Kurdistan to achieve its overall oil export targets of one million barrels per day by the end of 2015, and two million barrels per day by the end of the decade. Shaikan’s production capacity in the first phase , which will start in the coming weeks, will be 40,000 barrels per day (bpd), increasing to 150,000 bpd in the next three years and 250,000 bpd by 2018. The MNR spokesman added: “The Ministry of Natural Resources looks forward to working with Gulf Keystone, and its partner in the block Kalegran, to continue to achieve Shaikan’s production targets.” - See more at: http://www.peyamner.com/English/PNAnews.aspx?ID=314358#sthash.HbG4UGHD.dpuf |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jun 28 13, 8:02 Post #633 |
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http://m.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/energy/no-end-in-sight-for-iraq-oil-row A recent law passed by the regional government stipulates that US$4 billion of outstanding payments will be handed out. After the cost of the pipeline has been covered, the Kurds have pledged to hand oil revenues over to the central government, in return for the 17 per cent of the federal budget they are entitled to under the constitution. |
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| ALAN | Jun 28 13, 9:43 Post #634 |
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Agreement with Baghdad only lasts 2 weeks they do not honor their promises |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jun 29 13, 8:11 Post #635 |
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Pipeline will change that. |
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| ALAN | Jun 29 13, 1:14 Post #636 |
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i wont hold my breath. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jun 30 13, 5:29 Post #637 |
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Gazprom Considers More Work in South Kurdistan Created on 30/6/2013. 8:2 Gazprom has said that it is interested in working further in the oil and gas sector in South Kurdistan (KRG). Following a meeting in St. Petersburg between the Russian company’s Chairman, Alexei Miller [Alexey Miller] and KRG President Massoud Barzani, Gazprom issued a statement saying, “in particular, the parties discussed the progress with interaction in oil and gas field exploration, development and operation“. Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of Gazprom, is in the process of exploration activity in the Garmian and Shakal blocks in the southern regions of the Kurdish territories. Source Peyamner |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Worldwar2boy | Jul 1 13, 4:50 Post #638 |
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When will SK demand compensation for Anfal Victims and Shehids? My opinion is that i-rack also has to pay for every Peshmerga Shehid (so those who died will fighting the Arab PIGS). The Arabs of course don't get 'compensation' for their dead soldiers/commanders/etc. because they were the invaders and have to be forgotten. |
| biji kurd u kurdistan !! | |
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| Kinematik | Jul 1 13, 8:15 Post #639 |
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Alan, dont hold your breath (; http://dinarvets.com/forums/index.php?/topic/152888-kurdish-mp-reveals-deal-between-cg-kurdistan-region-over-oil-gas-law-draft/# Kurdish MP reveals deal between CG, South Kurdistan over Oil& Gas law draft Added by Ahmed Hussein on June 30, 2013. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Mahdi Hachi, of the Kurdistani Democratic Party headed by the President of South Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, revealed a deal between the Central Government and South Kurdistan over the final draft of the Oil and Gas law. |
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| ALAN | Jul 1 13, 1:19 Post #640 |
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Its just talks for now, nothing practical and never will be, you are new to all of this we aint
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jul 2 13, 12:57 Post #641 |
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I know but i cant belive Bagdad is so retarded that they will not sign this when KRG have pipelines soon finished to turkey. Their pipeline to turkey is getting bombed to shits and their export targets are getting slashed all time time. Same with their actual exports.. But maybe they are and in that case KRG will export anyway and the companies will get paid and KRG be economicly free from the rest of i-rack. I hope the best for kurdistan and its people, whether its with our without the south of i-rack. |
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| ALAN | Jul 2 13, 3:28 Post #642 |
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Good point note taken thank you. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jul 2 13, 9:06 Post #643 |
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![]() Baghdad need KRG more than KRG need Baghdad. They need to throw out Shahristani, he is angry just because he is so short! PS: Anyone have friends around atrush area? ![]() Their third well should be finished in 2 weeks, hoping for alot of black hold
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| ALAN | Jul 3 13, 1:46 Post #644 |
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Kinematik, i told you so ![]()
its not shahristani, all irackis think alike and are generally anti Kurd lol like we begged to be part of their shithole irack in the 1st place
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jul 4 13, 2:27 Post #645 |
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Kirkuk oil exports resumes The Kirkuk oil exports to the Turkish port of Cihan, which were halted during the past nine days have now resumed, according to a source from the North Oil Company The source told al-Sumaria News that the damage to the oil transportation pipelines has been repaired, and that engineering teams have replaced the damaged parts allowing the oil transports to resume on July 2. After the repair of the pipelines, the transfer rate increased step by step until reaching the peak of 400,000 barrels a day. Read more: http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.php/2013/07/kirkuk-oil-exports-resumes/#ixzz2XzqxeRp0 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jul 4 13, 2:35 Post #646 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Kinematik | Jul 4 13, 3:58 Post #647 |
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Told me what? ![]() http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/7/govt2200.htm MOSCOW,— i-racki Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki warned on Wednesday Gazprom oil Russian Company from working in the semi-autonomous South Kurdistan until the passage of the new oil law, according to the Interfax news agency. |
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| ALAN | Jul 4 13, 12:36 Post #648 |
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I told you they say something but do the opposite, take it from me this overrated oil will not be passed. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jul 4 13, 1:25 Post #649 |
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South Kurdistan pressures Baghdad with Turkey oil pipeline push Mon Jul 1, 2013 10:59am EDT * Baghdad, United States oppose pipeline * Will reduce Kurds' reliance on Baghdad * Completion expected in Sept * Poses threat to ties with Turkey -Baghdad official * Dispute over revenue sharing By Isabel Coles and Ahmed Rasheed BATILE, Iraq/BAGHDAD, July 1 (Reuters) - Sparks fly as workmen weld together a pipeline set to carry crude from the self-ruled southern South Kurdistan (KRG) to Turkey, defying the central government and shifting the energy balance of power in the region. Some 600 km away, Iraqi officials in Baghdad's heavily fortified oil ministry are threatening dire consequences if the pipeline is completed, but appear powerless to prevent the Kurds exporting oil without their consent. Turkey's courtship of the Kurds has strained relations with Baghdad, which says the pipeline would set a precedent for other provinces to pursue independent oil policies, potentially leading to the break-up of Iraq. "They tell us to finish it as soon as possible because they don't want the Iraqi government to do something... (but) it cannot do anything," said an engineer at the site in the northern Kurdish province of Duhok. "This is very important for Kurdistan because it will benefit the economy." At an estimated cost of $200 million, the 281-kilometre (174-mile) pipeline will reduce the autonomous region's reliance on Baghdad. For the Turks, it will open up a new energy corridor and allow them to scale back their dependence on Russia and Iran for oil and gas. Neither side has been deterred by the United States, which has urged both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Turkey to abandon the project. "The export of oil and gas is not a monopoly of any single entity to be decided in Baghdad," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said in a speech in London last month. "Indeed, it is our duty as Kurds under the federal constitution to pursue export routes for oil and gas to secure our future." 'LAST-MINUTE DECISION' A trench dug through fields parched by summer heat marks the future course of the pipeline, which was initially designed to supply gas but later converted for oil and re-routed toward Fishkhabour, a strategic point where the borders of KRG, Turkey and Syria converge. It is a highly sensitive region in the eye of three overlapping storms: civil war in Syria, the contested frontier between Arab Iraq and Kurdistan, and a three-decade-long conflict involving with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey. Workmen now laying the final stretch of the pipeline are on track to finish in September, with initial flows of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) expected. Once it reaches Fishkhabour, now just 10 km away, it remains to be seen whether the pipe will be tied into the existing line running from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan at a metering station controlled by Baghdad, or beyond there, either before the Turkish border or after it. "I think it will be a last-minute decision," said a Kurdistan-based industry source on condition of anonymity. As much as 200,000 bpd of crude from Kurdistan used to flow to world markets through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, but those exports dried up last year in a row over payments for oil companies operating in the northern enclave. In recent years, the Kurds have signed their own contracts with the likes of Exxon Mobil, Chevron Corp and Total antagonising Baghdad, which claims sole authority to manage the exploration and exports of Iraqi oil. The two sides recently began a new round of negotiations to resolve their differences, which are rooted in a fundamental disagreement about the degree to which power should be centralised in Baghdad. "I believe if this (pipeline) system is up and running it will help expedite a compromise," said another industry source in Kurdistan on condition of anonymity. "At any rate, this will not stop the pipeline between the KRG and Turkey". 'MADE IN TURKEY' Under a hot sun, three teams work in parallel, digging the way forward, welding and bending the pipeline into shape. Workers dressed in blue overalls, many of them Iranian, pause to rest in the only refuge from the sun's scorching rays, inside the pipeline, which has the words "Made in Turkey" stamped on the outside. "It is difficult work," said a labourer from the Iranian city of Isfahan, sweat sticking his hair to his forehead. "We came here because there is no money in Iran because of the sanctions". Tehran, under international sanctions that have slashed its oil exports to their lowest level in decades, shares Baghdad's animosity towards Turkey and also objects to the pipeline, which would help compensate for missing Iranian crude in the market. "If Ankara gives the green light for KRG oil to flow through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, then all options are open for the central government, including severing ties with Turkey and taking this issue to the international community," an Iraqi government official close to the oil industry said. Undeterred, the Kurds are already planning a second pipeline with a higher capacity of 500,000 bpd, a publication overseen by the KRG's department of foreign relations shows. Kurdish officials say the Iraqi constitution entitles them to exploit their reserves and this year passed a law codifying their right to export unilaterally if Baghdad fails to pay oil companies' dues within a given period. Hundreds of trucks already transport oil across the border to Turkey, circumventing the federal pipeline system and riling Baghdad, which has threatened to sue Genel Energy, the first company to export directly from Kurdistan. As yet they have taken no action and volumes have risen to around 70,000 bpd, industry sources say. The Kurdistan region aims to raise exports to one million bpd by the end of 2015, and to two million by the end of the decade. "In Iraq you have to force certain issues and then you let the politics follow," said a KRG official familiar with oil and gas issues. "Now the conversation is changing to: what happens to the money?" In the past, Baghdad received the proceeds from Iraqi oil exports and passed on 17 percent of the country's revenues to Hewlêr , where Kurdish officials have long complained that they end up getting closer to 10 percent. Instead, Kurdistan wants to collect the revenue, take its share, and hand the remaining 83 percent over to the central government. Baghdad rejects this and a Turkish proposal under which it would disburse the revenues. An Iraqi oil official said the central government could be reconciled to the pipeline, as long as it manages the exports and revenues: "The Kurds' message to Baghdad is very clear: pay us, or the Turks will." (Writing by Isabel Coles; editing by Jason Neely) |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | Jul 5 13, 6:23 Post #650 |
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Hawrami: Kurdistan-Turkey Pipeline to finish in three months Speaking at the Energy Conference in London, Dr. Ashti Hawrami, the Natural Resources Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), announced on Wednesday 19 June 2013 that the project to extend an oil pipeline from the South Kurdistan to Turkey will be completed by the end of September this year. According to Hawrami, the pipeline will initially pump 300 thousand barrels of oil per day, but its capacity will rise to 400 thousand barrels per day after three months. Hawrami told the conference that by 2015, the pipeline will be able to pump 1 million barrels per day. The Turkish Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, verified the news a day after the announcement. Yildiz made his statement at the World Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday 20 June. The Turkish Minister told those present that the oil and gas exported to world markets via Turkey is very important for the economy of KRG. Minister Yildiz further stated that the business operations of the Turkish oil and energy companies in the South Kurdistan are completely legal, and that these companies are currently implementing a number of oil and gas projects in the Region. Oil is considered one of the main sources of disagreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Central Government of Iraq. The completion of the pipeline and the export of oil directly to Turkey will clearly lead to still greater tension with Baghdad, given that it will grant the South Kurdistan a high level of economic independence and bring the Kurds closer to independence than ever before. The Kurdish Natural Resources Minister also stated that if the issues between Erbil and Baghdad are solved according to the permanent constitution, Erbil may resume exporting oil through Baghdad-controlled pipelines. Hawrami argues that the completion of the pipeline between Kurdistan and Turkey will impact positively on the economy, since the revenues generated by the sale of oil through the pipeline will be shared among all Kurds. The Kurdish official also said that the regional and central governments had yet to reach an agreement on the payment of fees to oil producers working in the South Kurdistan. The issue of the non-payment of the oil companies in Kurdistan has not been discussed during the meetings between the Region and Baghdad,? Hawrami said during his address to the conference in London. The primary issue between Kurdistan and Baghdad is the Iraqi constitution. The Kurdish government is planning to export oil and gas to Turkey and Europe when production meets domestic demand. We will be in a position to export gas to Turkey in 2016. Source: kurdishglobe.net |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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KRG will only export what the 17% allows it so it will not export more than the 17% worth plus deducting all other dues Baghdad owes south Kurdistan like Peshmerga budget for eg now totally almost 5 billion USD.





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