Kurdish oil tanker moored off American water, not in the legal range

by **Ponee** Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:27 am

07/30/2014

Kurdish oil tanker moored off American water, not in the legal range 555653120

Twilight News Department, said that the tanker carrying a cargo of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan anchored outside American water off the coast of Texas and a court order to confiscate the shipment will be implemented only when the ship enters the waters of the United States. A u.s. judge agreed late Monday a request from Baghdad to seize the disputed shipment deal, worth more than $ 100 million, but the judge refused the demand promised us Court it's not has the legal authority to do so because it anchored off the US Coast of 60 miles, which means that the order issued earlier to confiscate the shipment amounting to $ 100 million cannot be enforced at present. Jin said Sackey, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in the press and his disciple "twilight news", "the charge did not come within the jurisdiction of the United States ... Since entering the American legal jurisdiction the court order on the shipment could be implemented ".

Saki said the United States believes that oil from the Kurdistan region of Iraq must be taken by the Iraqi Federal Government in Baghdad.

She said Sackey again this issue since it is not in the scope of our legal we can do little at this stage. "

The u.s. Coast Guard on Monday agreed that the tanker could not enter the port of Galveston near Houston because of their large size transfer cargo to smaller vessels for shipment to the US Mainland.

The tanker carrying nearly one million barrels of crude worth approximately $ 100 million and reached the coast of Texas on Saturday.

Iraq said in the lawsuit filed Monday that the shipment had been sold without his permission and demanded it of them.

Iraq warned, companies from dealing with oil "getaway" from Kurdistan, he will work to ensure the confiscation of such shipments.

Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad Iraqi oil for Reuters, and his disciple "twilight news," the Ministry will continue to pursue any future shipments and seek legal ways to target any buyers and seizing shipments of crude for sale".

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