Oil agreement .. conflicting numbers and mutual accusations

by **Ponee** Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:06 am

Iraqi media house

To promote the values of democracy and the principle of transparency, "the Iraqi media house" Foundation issued a report to monitor the "oil agreement" signed on December 2 (December) 2014, between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

And mayors of monitoring and control to the Federal Ministry of Oil and publications Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government and the media.

The report is a collaboration between "the Iraqi media house projects", to control the flow of information at the level of strategic events.

The report concludes, in the end, that the various government institutions had been largely neglected the required public service standards limit on the one hand to provide information needed by the public, dissemination and subjected to political interests and conflicts.

Monitoring of government websites

Monitoring "the Iraqi media house" ads aired by the official sites of the federal government and its theory of the Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as the Federal Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Government of the Territory.

First, the Ministry of Oil

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1. The Oil Ministry announced on the second of December / December 2014 on the lips of Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, that the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government have reached important decisions in regards to the federal budget and the export of oil through the region, and the two sides have reached a solution to all outstanding issues with terms of the federal budget and the law, as well as the subject of the oil region.

The minister said that the federal and provincial government agreed to the continuation of the meetings and the formation of joint committees to put the necessary mechanisms solve the problems between Baghdad and Erbil, and that the agreement would establish a good relationship governed by a constitution.

2. just four days after the agreement was announced later, the oil ministry issued on December 6, 2014, clarification on what appeared in the news agencies reported, quoting a statement to Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region in English, says, "The export Christan oil is legal has It has been mentioned in the recent agreement between the federal government and the government of the region. "

The Ministry of Oil in the clarification that there is no oral or written agreement is what is stated in the official statement of the Council of Ministers, which stressed that "the Iraqi oil for all Iraqis."

3. Oil Ministry announced on January 18, 2015, plans to increase its oil exports through Ceyhan to 600 000 barrels per day in April 2015, during the visit of Minister of oil to Turkey.

4. Oil Ministry published in the January 19, 2015, statement in which it explained that "the agreement with the province was clear and not declaring the existence of secret deals."

He said the oil minister said in the statement, there is no "secret deal" in the agreement between the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government on the export of oil, noting that meetings with officials in the region on resolving remaining differences will be completed after the approval of the budget in 2015.

He said Abdul-Mahdi, that "the agreement with Erbil text on the export of 550 thousand barrels through the pipeline region to the Turkish port of Ceyhan," stressing "the lack of deals or secret treaties within this agreement in regards to the export of oil, because the agreement was clear was published the contents of the agreement In a government statement. "

5. The Minister of oil during the consultative meeting which was attended by ministers and experts, oil former on the first of March 2015, that the oil deal with the Kurdistan region is under way and that in the interest of the country and there is a disadvantage to a no to the south or to the north, because they are under the budget law.

He added that "everyone realize significant benefits from this agreement, Kirkuk has returned to production after a hiatus of nearly a year since March 2014 because of sabotage of oil pipelines, and today, thanks to the use of the provincial ministry tubes become able to export from the Kirkuk fields."

He said, "The agreement includes the receipt of quotas or important parts of the production of the Kurdistan oil province as exports, today multiply the quantities exported, and the total up to Ceyhan is up to 400 000 barrels, or slightly more, and received by SOMO in Ceyhan exceed 300 000 barrels and we'll go more with the increase production wells in Kirkuk and the Kurdistan wells will be possible to expand this production, as well as exports to the limits of 550 000 barrels. "

6. He said the minister at a press conference at the ministry of oil on April 28, 2015, after the completion of the consultation of the third meeting in the presence of a number of ministers and officials of the Ministry of ex, that "the amount of oil we receive from the Kurdistan region of greatly improved and increased compared to the first and second Balchehrin of agreement oil and we received 448 000 barrels of oil on a daily basis since the month of April and the current aim is to reach the amount of 550 000 barrels per day on average per year.

"The province of Kirkuk began to recover because of the oil agreement, and there are still some outstanding issues should be resolved through friendly dialogues."

7. Oil Ministry announces export and revenue source of oil, and adopted a declaration on the amount of exports from southern ports in Basra and exporter of Kirkuk up to the month of April 2015, where the ministry began to declare the source the amount of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, rather than Kirkuk.

8. of the Ministry of Oil Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) announced on its website on the amount of oil exported through every month, showing details of the exported quantities from the southern ports, as well as the source of the oil fields of Kirkuk and the rate of sales barrel per oil during one month, and as shown in the drawing below. But the company does not address data (SOMO) to the amount of oil producer and exporter in the Kurdistan region.

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Second: The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government

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1. publication of the Ministry of Natural Resources site on December 18 for the year 2014 an article entitled, "The minister Hawrami speaking at a book signing Kurdistan Oil and Gas ceremony in 2014 year."

During the story drastically minister said in the signing of the book "Kurdistan Oil and Gas" ceremony in London: that the Iraqi federal government appears to find a solution to the problem of oil real differences between them approach.

He added that the province will sell 250 000 barrels of oil per day with Sumo exchange for a share of the budget as well as the necessary funding for the Peshmerga forces of the budget of the Federal Ministry of Defense. And showed welcome the new agreement with the new Iraqi government headed by al-Abadi.

2. publish the site above, in December 18th of 2015, that Hawrami announced in the Oil and Gas Conference in London that the agreement with the Iraqi government for the first phase is not to export oil only, but the Kurdistan Regional Government will help to develop the infrastructure of the oil stranded in the province of Kirkuk.

He said, "We have a real opportunity to separate a successful new Iraq."

At the same conference, he said that the Iraqi government did not allocate anything in the budget of Iraq for oil producers in Kurdistan.

He described Rosh Nuri Shaways, Iraq's deputy prime minister said the fiscal pact oil as a win-win situation, he said, "With the goal of putting the final touches on the 2015 budget, and in spite of the lack of time it ensures revenue-sharing in the future, which includes Iraq produce more than 550 thousand barrels During a day of oil from the Kurdistan region, Kirkuk, and this is a recognition of the oil policy of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and is used as a pipeline passing through the territory of the Kurdistan region. "

3. The publication of the ministry website on the ninth of March 2015, an article entitled "The Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to the agreement of the oil supply of the federal government as agreed in the 2015 federal budget.

Reported that the provincial government is committed to the deadline for agreement export of crude oil with the federal government, in line with its commitment to the terms of the federal budget for 2015, and until the end of February delivered the Kurdistan Regional Government almost 97% of the agreed crude oil production to Sumo in the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Attached to the article with a table showing the provincial government's commitment to the oil agreement with the federal government, it took place in which the reference to a meeting attended by Iraqi Minister of Oil and Minister of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan region, On the eighth of December it was agreed on the following:

a. In the first three months of 2015, the Kurdistan Regional Government, the transfer of 375 000 barrels per day for the company SOMO.

B. For the rest of the year, remittances Aktrmen rise to 600,000 barrels a day to Acetkm average daily rate of 550 000 barrels per day this year.

C. Both parties agreed to the joint presence in the "all locations where either of them exist," and especially the port of Ceyhan and Fishkhabour (located on the Iraqi-Turkish border) and Ivana measurement station.

Dr. The adoption of a common pricing policy and one between the two sides for the sale of crude oil in Ceyhan begin the first of February 2015, in addition to the announcement of the common specifications for crude oil.

e. Representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government's participation in meetings related to the organization of production of crude oil and the Committee on the pricing and the opening of offices of each of the two ministries (Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Oil) for coordination and follow-up.

And. After approval of the federal budget for 2015, discussions will be held at the highest level in order to resolve all outstanding issues relating to oil.

In a subsequent meeting on January 22 to 23, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government agreed to the delivery schedule for the transfer of the amount of oil to SOMO in Ceyhan details, ie 250 000 barrels per day from the fields of Kurdistan and 300 000 barrels per day from the Kirkuk fields.

The article made the following conclusion:

1. Kurdistan Regional Government is still fully committed to the oil agreement with the federal government and will stick to the budget law of 2015.

2. The provincial government is on track to deliver the oil produced by the Kurdistan Regional Government in favor of SOMO, as well as to facilitate the export of oil which is produced by the North Oil Company in Kirkuk governor.

3. So far, all provided by the federal government is less than 20% of the amount that must be handed over to the province for the month of January While not provide something for the month of February curb the date of the article.

4. ministry said in an article published on 13 of May 2015, that a joint meeting between the Council of Ministers and representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Kurdistan in the federal government, in which the participants agreed to:

A. Although the Kurdistan Regional Government's commitment to the export of the necessary amount of oil according to the agreement and the law of the budget for 2015, but he unfortunately did not comply with the federal government to send financial dues to the Kurdistan region.

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The Meeting stressed the need to continue to solve the problems and issues through negotiations and dialogue with the federal government.

© the Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to the agreement and the law of the 2015 budget of the Federal Government. But in the event of negotiations with the government, the dialogue did not achieve Alathadahntejh, and remained the government of the Federal violate budget law does not send the financial dues to the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (based on item 3 Manalmadh 11 of the Budget 2015 Act and in accordance with the Law No. 5 of 2013 Alsadran Kurdistan Parliament) will consider other solutions to provide the budget required for the Kurdistan region.

Dr. Meeting a request from the federal government to solve the problems between them and the Kurdistan region, according to its political and abide by the Constitution and laws of performance.

Third, site head of the Iraqi Council of Ministers

1. Site announced for approval of the Cabinet on the oil agreement between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, in December 2 2014 and disseminate clarification about the most important paragraphs of the Convention.

2. On February 16, 2015, the website published a story about the reception the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of the delegation of the region of Kurdistan, headed by Prime Minster Nechirvan Barzani, which stated, "During the meeting, they discussed the financial budget and entitlements of the Kurdistan region of which, as has been the amount of oil Details producing and expected production from the region in 2015 and the relationship of that agreement was the judge and the export of the province amounts of oil that passed in the budget law, and was confirmed the importance of addressing technical problems that accompany oil exports from the region in order to reach the agreed rates ".

Fourth: The site of the Kurdistan Regional Government

1. issued several statements Government of the Territory, one day before the signing of the oil agreement, where publication of the government site a news story in which the transfer of the president of Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani as saying: "We are in Baghdad to put an Iraqi solution", as well as news "meetings Baghdad continue in a positive atmosphere."

2. The government has issued an extensive report about the signing of the agreement a few hours of his signature, the prime minister of the provincial government said the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad details, he said, "The current agreement; not a final agreement, but we think it's a good start. There is a group of the remaining problems, which should During this period that we are talking and reach an agreement. "

He added, "This is a good start for both sides so that we can in six months or more than one address all the problems and obstacles period. I can say in general that we are pleased with this agreement and consider it a good gain for all parties.

3. Site Published on December 4, 2014, a news story about a Minister of the Kurdistan Region Council, on Thursday, December 4, 2014 morning meeting ordinary course headed by Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Council of Ministers, and the meeting was special about the visit of a delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government to Baghdad and that the agreement reached boiled parties to address the problems between them.

4. On December 14, the site issued a report entitled "The resumption of trade and economic movement in the region after Baghdad and Erbil agreement."

The report stated, "Thanks to reach the governments in Baghdad and Erbil, a tentative agreement to address the problems between them, the Kurdistan region witnessed the start of the resumption of economic and commercial activities, and saw some sort of recovery markets."

5. On February 15, the website published a report titled "The two sides are committed to the Convention, but Baghdad does not possess sufficient funds to pay for the region."

New Barzani emphasized that the two sides are committed to the agreement, and that the Iraqi government side prior to export schedule and calculate the quantities exported by the region once every three months, explaining that because of the financial crisis and the lack of cash, the Iraqi government is not able to send the Territory's budget.

6. On February 18, the website published a statement issued after the ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Council meeting, which began to change the way the statement about the oil agreement.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister presented an explanation about the visit of a delegation the last of the Kurdistan Regional Government to Baghdad and talks with Prime Minister federal Iraq, pointing out the existence of misunderstanding in the Convention, and has been treated, was explained that is committed to the agreement of the Kurdistan region as stated in the budget law, in the absence of Besides what's commitment to the Convention it would be the opposite side also non-binding.

We also proposed the calculation of the Kurdistan region's oil exports every three months, because it is not possible to estimate the quantities on a daily basis because it is not practical from a technical point, as stated in the budget calculation of total exports law, not daily exports.

7. publish the site on February 22, "the joint communiqué of the meeting of the Kurdistan Regional Government and representatives of the Kurds in Baghdad," the Kurdistan Regional Government and representatives of the Kurds in Baghdad, the importance of implementation and commitment to the law of the budget for 2015 emphasized, the Kurdistan Regional Government announced that they want the federal government to deal with rights and the share of the Kurdistan region, according to the budget law for 2015.

8. publish the site on June 10, a report titled "Nechirvan Barzani: if Baghdad has dealt us a buyer of oil, we conclude another agreement with them."

The news item, "regarding the agreement between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani told the media that our agreement with Baghdad is part of the Iraqi budget law for 2015, eliminates the export quantity of 550 thousand barrels of crude oil for the account of Iraq, and in return, it will send a Baghdad share of the Kurdistan region of the general budget for 2015, amounting to about a trillion and 200 billion Iraqi dinars, but unfortunately did not abide by that Convention so far. "

And Zdhav, "wanted to Baghdad to deal with a buyer of oil Kurdistan region, we have no objection, but in this case should conclude a new agreement with the other, in addition to changing some of the paragraphs of the said Convention.

9. deployment site the provincial government on June 13, "a communiqué joint meeting of the representatives of Kurdistan in Baghdad and the Presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government."

Which it stated, "with the Kurdistan Regional Government's commitment to export the required amount of oil according to the said Convention, according to the budget law for 2015, with regret, the federal government did not comply with the other hand to pay the financial dues to the Kurdistan Region. And this while the economy falls on the shoulders of the Kurdistan region a great burden because of the deductible region's share of the budget for 2014 and the war against terrorism with the presence of more than a million and a half million refugees.

In the same vein, the website quoted deputy head of the territorial Government, Qubad Talabani, saying "We can not wait for Baghdad after a Ngdr the inhabitants of Kurdistan," and added "We thank the citizens of Kurdistan, they were patient with us so far, and we thank the contractors to stop their projects since, we have to work on Kurdistan overcome these circumstances. "

10. The provincial government issued a clarification on its Hawlati newspaper published in the context of an interview with the official spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government; that the official spokesman of the Government of the Territory said, "There is no hope of agreement with Baghdad. While the report published by the newspaper untrue, as we declare that the Kurdistan Regional Government believes in the discussions and mutual understanding in order to address the problems with Baghdad. True that Baghdad did not comply with the implementation of this Convention, which entered into with the Kurdistan region, but nevertheless, the talks are continuing and we hope that we can address the problem through dialogue with Baghdad. "

Media monitoring

Progress of the Iraqi media are conflicting figures about the amount of oil exported, mostly adopted on the figures cited by officials without searching for the correct figures, and only some of the means by reference to the amount of oil is in specific terms such as "hundreds of shipments of oil."

* Reuters reported on July 30 that the Kurdistan region of Iraq has increased the independent oil sales since mid-June, while reducing Sumo allocations in an escalating dispute over export payments and budget rights.

According to the agency, the Kurdistan has sold at least 12 million barrels of oil from Ceyhan since mid-June, according to data Shipping and dealers compared with five million barrels allocated to Sumo early June before shipping operations depends to a large extent.

Kurdistan says it remains committed to an agreement reached in December and approved under which the transfer of up to 550 thousand barrels per day for the allocation of Baghdad Sumo versus 17 percent of the general budget payments.

* Reuters said in a report published on 24 July that shipments from northern Iraq through the port of Ceyhan in Turkey remained stable in spite of tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government on the budget payments.

He added, have "download data showed that the independent exports to the region of Kurdistan averaged 520 thousand barrels per day in three of the twenty-first day of July and the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization SOMO had exported one shipment tanker shipment through the pipeline during the month, or the equivalent, on average, 33 thousand barrels a day. "

He continued, "North combined exports close to the average in June and that was under the banner of Sumo exports fell a little."

* Quoted Alsumaria News of the Minister of Higher Education and Deputy Prime Minister for the former energy Hussain al-Shahristani, July 23, 2015, that the Kurdistan region issued since the beginning of this year, about 280 thousand barrels per day out of 550 thousand, as pointed out that this figure does not reach the supposed ratio exported from the province of Kirkuk.

* Denied the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary member Razak Mahabs as announced by the Kurdistan Regional Government for the export of four million barrels of oil through the SOMO during the month of June, as he considered it inaccurate numbers designed to mislead public opinion, confirmed that it the company delivered 151 thousand barrels of which 149 Alpha oil from Kirkuk according to the news published by news agency affection in the July 2, 2015.

* Transfer site PUK Media About Ares Abdullah, head of the oil and gas committee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, that the Kurdistan Regional Government and as of July 1 so far not received any amount of oil, to the Federal Government or SOMO. Company
Abdullah said that the Kurdistan Region has and independently of the sale of $ 149 thousand barrels of Kirkuk in the sixth month, but the amount of it it was through the Sumo, and sold all the oil in the seventh month, independently and without reference to Baghdad.

* Transfer Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network in May 15 for a member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Zahid al-Abadi, said that the Kurdistan region is produced from oil approximately 800 000 barrels of oil per day, adding that the Kurdistan oil product exports through Ceyhan first two outlets, is a company SOMO and the other is companies trade non-Iraqi.

Abadi said that "the Kurdistan region of continuous sell oil outside the scope of the federal government since 2014, and he has to show good intentions and closes the informal port for export."

* Quoted by the news agency, quoting a committee member Ali Faisal on July 17, said that "the Kurdistan region issued hundreds of shipments of oil out of Iraq without the knowledge of the Federal Government ', noting that' the province's refusal to export oil through the Sumo."

* Publishing Rodawo Web site a report in the July 25, 2015, stating that according to Statistics, the Kurdistan Regional Government issued daily 250 thousand barrels of oil directly to the world market, and during the same period was one tanker loaded with oil from the Kurdistan handed over to the Iraqi oil marketing company SOMO and released the Kurdistan Regional daily 33 thousand barrels to calculate the SOMO, which is much lower than the exporting ratio during the month of June last.
According to statistics of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the "Kurdistan Regional daily issued more than 600 thousand barrels of oil over the period between Kurdistan and the port of Ceyhan oil pipeline ".

For more information about the performance of the Iraqi media about the oil accord saw the sixth report to the house of the Iraqi media from here.

2. The media, quoting politicians made accusations of non-compliance of the parties to the Convention, without further those accusations figures or statistics or evidence.

Oil experts call the parties to the oil deal to greater transparency

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Specialists called on experts in the field of oil met them, "the Iraqi Media House", the outskirts of the oil agreement signed between the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to "deal more transparency," after months of attempts to blame each other.

The economist said Khaled Haidar, said that "the agreement was not the first of its kind between the two of you, but there were previous agreements but remained a dead letter because of its failure to implement fully, and until the final agreement did not succeed due to lack of commitment by both parties including them in addition to throwing each party blame and responsibility on the other end. "

And the point of view of the Kurdistan region in the agreement, Haider explained, that "the region is committed to the terms of the agreement, and that he issued the agreed company SOMO number, but in the case of non-export the required number of technical reasons, it is in turn offset the shortfall in other months."

He continued, "What is now happening is not to fulfill the federal government obligations because of lower oil prices in the global market, making it in an embarrassing position towards the oil agreement, and that the Government of Kurdistan has become a need for money to fill the needs and therefore was forced to sell oil to their advantage."

He added that "the Iraqi economy's dependence on oil revenues and 90%, is one of the causes of this crisis, because the effect of lower oil prices, it has become a major, so he adoption of other things such as agriculture and tourism, for example, to be able to solve the financial crisis."

For his part, said economic expert Hamza Jeweler, that the oil agreement "does not contain precise details, but it is only an agreement in principle."

He explained that "the region does not comply with the export quantity required by the agreement, but released much less than the required amounts, however, the Kurds wanted to take the full share of the budget, is insensitive to clear deficit in the general budget of the country and lower oil prices."

He went on to say, "You can get information on oil exports to the central government through the website of the Ministry of Oil, on the contrary, from the provincial government that are not transparent, they always hide their real numbers."

He added that the province exported announced in June of 17 million barrels, handed them four million barrels for the benefit of the federal government, but the Sumo company announced that it did not receive anything.

Through expert in the field of economics Dr. Nabil Jaafar from the standpoint of Baghdad in agreement, saying, "It seems that the oil agreement did not succeed on the ground, because of the Kurdistan region issued large amounts of crude oil for its own account in exchange for other quantities small in favor of the central government."

He said Jaafar in his speech, "In the month of June last region released 17 million barrels of oil, gave them four and a half million barrels in favor of the central government, and wish to do so to obtain a share of 17% of the budget according to terms of the agreement, and this division of exports disturb the Kurdistan Regional Government Site-oil agreement. "

He added, "After more than six months of the passage of the agreement, oil exports have not reached by the province to half the agreed quantity, which is often produced from the Kirkuk oil fields, while the region's oil issue for his own account."

He pointed out the necessity and the oil ministry's commitment to transparency and disseminate accurate information about the Matzlmh the Kurdistan Regional Government to the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) and exported for its own account.

Journalists: transparency of items virtually non-existent oil agreement

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Journalists agree, met them, "the Iraqi media house" of the provinces of Arbil, Baghdad and Basra, the lack of transparency on the oil agreement signed between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government on 2 December 2014.

Of Baghdad, he said the journalist Ahmed Sadiq, said that "sufficient information on the oil agreement can not be obtained by most of the journalists working in the oil sector."

He added that "a lot of uncertainty surrounding the oil agreement makes public opinion in isolation from what is going on behind the scenes both sides who do not voluntarily statement about clauses and terms of the agreement the agreement, which leave it to speculation journalists and estimates of experts who have no familiarity with enough terms of the Agreement."

He went on to say, "The agreement tainted by darkness and a lack of full transparency, where mayors politicians in Baghdad and Erbil to discreetly and gloss over all the negotiating sessions since the previous government headed by Nuri al-Maliki and the current government Haider al-Abadi, where there is no transparency about the points of agreement or disagreement between the two parties."

He said, that "the two parties do not publish figures are based, data or minutes of the meetings that their sessions, memoranda of understanding that they sign them, and there is an official spokesman for the parties to hold a Conference: Understanding the journalist explains the situation to reporters and public opinion."

It Arbil, journalist Dana Asaad said that "oil file in Iraq in general is transparent, and access to information by the press in this very difficult area."

He added that "economic journalist can obtain information about the oil agreement of the parties are difficult, but it is easier if it is comparable to the contracts signed by the two sides independently, such as oil contracts signed by the Ministry of Natural Resources in the region with international oil companies."

He explained that "the lack of transparency in the oil file back to" the existence of a huge amount of financial corruption of the information and the numbers are mixed. "

And he pointed out that "both sides of the oil accord trying to blame each other, what makes the information that can be obtained on the agreement" is inaccurate and inconsistent. "

It Basra, journalist Ali Badran said the agreement has not been implemented fully, not the federal government nor by the Kurdistan region, the lack of trust between them, in spite of the political consensus in Iraq during the period of government-Abadi.

He added, that "the parties to the agreement and the Federal Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of natural resources in the region does not enjoy a transparent and non-serious about providing information to the Iraqi street."

He explained that "the information that can be obtained only through the survey shows that there were problems between the two parties and the lack of seriousness of the implementation of decisions."

He concluded his statement by pointing out that the information can only Asthsalha of officials and politicians therefore be difficult for journalists who do not have relations with Hola officials to obtain information to write press reports.

Recent developments

The information above monitoring of the sites described in the outcome of the report from the date of signing of the agreement until the day July 28, 2015.

But the house of the Iraqi media, also monitoring report published by the Ministry of Natural Resources site in the Kurdistan region, on August 22, 2015 in which he stated the new figures on exports during the Period: Jun 24-24 August 2015. Provision is also a response from the Federal Ministry of Oil on the report confirms the conflicting figures and information between the parties

First: The Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional report:

Things back on track with respect to exports and oil revenues to the Kurdish population able to judge for themselves

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (mnr.krg.org) - Despite the major political and economic challenges, and acts of theft and vandalism on the export pipeline into Turkey, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has increased the proportion of export of crude oil and produced quantity required to meet the Millennium Planned revenue in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Kurdistan Regional Government policy aims to increase direct oil sales (agreed in June by the government of the Kurdistan region and all five political parties in the coalition government) for the purpose of enabling the Kurdistan Regional Government to cover ongoing government costs and the salaries of state and to begin to pay wages accumulated non-paid. In addition, the Kurdistan Regional Government will be able to pay for the oil exporting companies so that they can maintain the oil export levels and then increase it, a Maaattabr is essential for economic well-being in the region.

In 2014, the government of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Kurdistan reduced budget as a whole, creating the people of the Kurdistan Region financial crisis.

At that time, in spite of the limited ability to export oil, but the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) moved quickly under the guidance of the Board of oil and gas in the Kurdistan region to regulate alternative financial support through:

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the actual promotion of oil exports. C - Protection of financial resources through the pre-payment buyers to purchase oil payments in the future.

As a direct result of those measures, managed Regional Government Krdst to survive financially during 2014, bringing the paid part of the salaries of its employees and failed to pay the other part, however, other unforeseen factors strongly affected the financial situation, such as costs additional to the war against al-it came Daash terrorist and economic burden on the region due to host 1.8 million refugees and displaced people inside the province.

And then the Kurdistan Regional Government and political leadership in the whole of Kurdistan decided, including the five political parties in the coalition government at the end of 2014, and after the discussion of the new budget that the new government in Baghdad granted under the new prime minister Haider al-Abadi another chance.

And support cooperation and coordination reached with Baghdad by all political leaders in Kurdistan. Which consisted of a plan to supply certain amounts of the Kurdistan region oil to SOMO exchange for a share of the provincial total in the federal government for the 2015 budget, which was estimated at about 1 billion $ in Alchehr.oosubh this as a pledge to the provincial government in the federal budget for the 2015 law.

Although the Ministry of Natural Resources and happy its agreement with the new government in Baghdad, but it's based on the previous agreements with the government unsuccessful skeptical whether the Baghdad government will fulfill its financial obligations in the framework of the oil-for-budget plan. However, the Ministry of Natural Alkaroat encourage the Kurdistan Regional Government's decision to proceed to make effective the new plan for both parties.

Unfortunately, as the Ministry of Natural Resources predicted, the Kurdistan Regional Government did not receive only one third of maturity of Baghdad's budget in the first five of 2015. The months leading to a rapid deterioration of the financial crisis in the territory of Kurdistan and caused a large accumulation in the salaries of government employees wages, including that of the Peshmerga and the security forces.

As a result of expectations that the crisis will deepen month after month, and the Ministry of Natural Resources was organized in the spring of 2015 a series of meetings with the Regional Council for Oil and Gas, and the Council of Ministers, and the political leadership of the five parties in Kurdistan and the House of Representatives in the Parliament of Kurdistan and the MPs from the federal parliament in Baghdad, to explain and to warn about what will happen no really.

The Minister of Natural Resources to clarify the economic realities of the situation faced by the region, and called for support reforms to reduce government costs.

And he took the Minister of Finance and with the support of the Ministry Council adopted the initiative and credible government to cut costs and increase non-oil revenues in the region reform plan.

Unfortunately, the Minister of Finance did not have the necessary political support - particularly from some of his party's decision-makers - to implement this reform program. Therefore, the budget deficit in Baghdad, along with increased spending for the Kurdistan Regional Government ever, led to a further delay in government salaries and support the peshmerga and other security agencies vital.

In the late spring of this year, the deficit has led Baghdad to provide a fair share of the Kurdistan Regional Government of the agreed budget or unwillingness to be provided to make things clear in front of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the political leadership of the Kurdistan region as a whole. But in spite of overwhelming evidence, the political leadership has not taken any action to deal with this new reality deteriorating.

And this has become a political decision under way June 24, 2015. The program included the following:

* Increase the Ministry of Natural Resources for its crude oil exports to 500,000 barrels per day from the Kurdistan region of fields, assuming lack of flow interruption in the pipeline of the Ministry of Natural Resources lines, and without any political interference Away undo the decisions taken.

* It was supposed to stay and hopefully return average price of $ 55 per barrel for the rest of the year.

* Was expected to generate about $ 850 million in the month, which was considered sufficient to pay the ongoing costs of government and begin to cover the salaries and salary arrears.

* Commissioned by the Ministry of Natural Resources officials to find buyers for crude oil and consistent with former buyers for oil province (who paid in advance in 2014) in order to postpone the deferred payments until 2016 until the Kurdistan Regional Government be able to receive $ 850 million per month during 2015.

* Was supposed to be $ 850 million a month that will allow the Kurdistan Regional Government by saving some money aside to pay for international companies exporting oil, and thus the government will maintain its export levels and then increase, thereby increasing revenues even further.

* Also agreed that the Ministry of Finance will be responsible for receiving all oil revenues in Kurdistan International Bank (KIB) and HalkBank.

* Also agreed that all other income, if directed to HalkBank any practical reason, and should be directed to the Ministry of Finance account at KIB.

As a result, the Ministry of Natural Resources thus:

* The Ministry of Natural Resources and immediate contracts with international oil traders and experienced buyers for its exports of oil available, and agreed that the regional oil and gas Council about the third week of June 2015.

* Committed and the Ministry of Natural Resources to ensure buyers $ 850 million a month, assuming the achievement of medium-export levels.

* However, in practice, it faced Ministry of Natural Resources significant interruptions in the flow of oil through the pipeline in Turkey because of vandalism and theft, resulting in lower export levels and the loss of $ 501 million of revenue Kurdistan Regional Government (details recently published). Unfortunately, some local politicians seemed slow to condemn the acts of sabotage for the purpose of preventing them from similar acts in the future.

* Failure to achieve the goal and deliver oil exports contracted average level of their commitment to free buyers to pay $ 850 million per month.

In addition to all these challenges, the price of crude oil has fallen about 20% since mid-June 2015.

In spite of all these difficulties, the following Valdfat equipped or are expected to be delivered in two months, from June 24 to August 24 / August 2015:

(A) As of August 20, the KRG received 1,241.6 million ($ 1.24 billion) in KIB bank account for the benefit of the Ministry of Finance. And follow up with the Ministry of Finance KIB Bank management and the movement of funds received.

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will be equipped with a deposit of $ 187.5 million in the same bank account KIB today August 21 / Aug.

C- addition, it is also expected processing $ 125 million on or before August 24.

D- and this will be collected 1,554.1 million ($ 1.55 billion) during the past two months. That's more than it promised under the agreements with merchants, despite the drop in oil exports caused by interruptions and factoring in the cost of purchased products and listed below.

Thus, the Ministry of Natural Resources had already set up the list of receipts and compare them with the agreed program, and in spite of the difficulties and interruptions in the flow of funds.

Money transfers the flow of management appointed by KIB and HalkBank only to the Ministry of Finance. But the Ministry of Finance were not unable to provide all the oil revenues to Kurdistan for the following reasons:

Minister of Finance was not able to take the procedural steps and Aladlerah necessary to assume the financial responsibility of the Ministry of Finance with HalkBank in order to improve the flow of money to Kurdistan. It is known that the reason for all of this direct political Hoaltdechl being done by some people in his own party in order to blame the Ministry of Natural Resources Bonhl late in payments overdue Peshmerga forces and government employees.

In addition to some well-known difficulties while bringing dollars into the region through KIB in a timely manner and turn them into the Iraqi dinar to pay salaries. The Ministry of Finance to find a solution to these difficulties, and with the Ministry of Nature wealth willing to help if needed.

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* Will stick to the Ministry of Natural Resources this task and continue the delivery for the people of Kurdistan

* Ministry of Natural Resources is working on professional and technical basis in all its institutions. Contrary to the myths circulated by some politicians and the media, the Ministry of Natural Resources does not allow political parties to intervene in their work

* Defend the Ministry of Natural Resources for the interests of the people of Kurdistan against political interference and take the lead in helping to ensure the economic stability of Kurdistan and its future.

* Ministry of Natural Resources also believes that the Minister of Finance is doing an excellent job in his ministry, but in order to be more effective and more successful, should not be hampered by political influence, which harm the interests of the people.

* It should support the Minister of Finance and authorized as soon as possible to your program of economic reform and the Ministry of Natural Resources is ready to assist in this process.

* Ministry of Natural Resources is confident it keeps no significant interruptions, either through vandalism, theft, or political interference in fact or deviation from the agreed export the policies, can be met through the continuation of direct oil sales the immediate needs of the people of the Kurdistan region.

* Must Kurdistan Regional Government always remain open to dialogue and discussion with our colleagues in Baghdad to discuss ways of resolving all outstanding on oil and gas issues and develop long-term cooperation which leads to a win-win situation for all parties concerned.

* If some politicians have supported a more rapid action by the Kurdistan Regional Government, after the non-compliance of Baghdad on budget payments, the Ministry of Natural Resources has been able to minimize the impact of the financial crisis on our region. However Ministry of Natural Resources encourages in this extremely difficult time, all the political parties in Kurdistan to put aside their differences that serve narrow self-interest and often harm them, and stop using oil like a football political, weaken our ability to maintain the buyers confidence and the desire of investors Oil Company our region.

We also hope that circumvents the political parties about the Ministry of Natural Resources in support of its work in the face of the crisis, it works for the benefit of the people of Kurdistan, who aspire to work (of the service).

Second: Re Iraqi Oil Ministry:

1. According to the report, it is stated: "It was agreed to provide the quantities of oil Kurdistan region to Sumo return for a full share of the receipt of the province in the federal budget for 2015, which was estimated billion dollars a month" as contained as well, "and, unfortunately, and as I expected and the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Government of the province received a one-third share of Baghdad during the first five months in 2015 ".. and what was not mentioned by the statement of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the province, said the budget law adopted in the calculation of federal revenues on a price for the sale of oil rate is $ 56 a barrel and on a daily exports to Iraq is 3.3 million barrels of which the province's commitment to deliver Sumo "B550 thousand barrels per day, including 250 000 barrels / day of product quantities of crude oil in the Kurdistan region and 300 000 barrels of product quantities of crude oil through Mhakza Kirkuk and that all revenue actually income once the public treasury of the state to account."

Ministry of Natural Resources that the report did not mention what he had handed over the province since the beginning of the year until the day 05.31.2015 about 328 000 barrels / day with an average of nearly 60%, while up to 08.23.2015 amounted to about 241 000 barrels / day with an average of Approximately 44% of the amount supposed to deliver the federal government according to the budget law .. and that article 11 / III of the budget law states, "If you do not fulfill any party (the federal government, the Kurdistan Regional Government) Petroleum obligations or financial agreed in this budget the other party a non-binding also to fulfilling its obligations, financial or oil was "..

As well as the ministry esteemed report did not mention that the budget law (Article 10) distracted the 17% allocated to the province under the actual expenditures and not planned .. so when he speaks ministry esteemed report on the billion dollars should have been received by the province from the federal government a month, it refers to the expenses of the planned and not the actual , and everyone knows that the actual expenses declined due to lower quantities exported and the prices of oil, is no longer one billion dollars a month as the report .. says Article 10 / Fourth: "When you get an increase or decrease in the total federal budget added or expenses reduce the share of the Kurdistan proportionally province"

2. emphasize the constitutional and legal reservation on a series of topics, the report reminds her like a final Bdihat related to exports and investment fields of Kirkuk and the debt of the sovereign character of the entry money oil exports in foreign banks and not in the federal government accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, For these things legal and financial inside Iraq and internationally consequences .

The Federal Government and the provincial entitlements and obligations of mutual Therefore urged the Article 11 / I / B of the budget law that "made the settlement of dues between the province and the federal government for the years 2004 to 2014 and subsequent years have yet audited by the Federal Office of Financial Supervision and the agreement with the Office of Financial Supervision of the province." . We therefore welcome the statement by the Ministry of the Kurdistan region report that "the provincial government will remain always open for discussion and dialogue with our colleagues in Baghdad for ways to solve all the problems existing in the oil and gas issues and to develop long-term cooperation come out of it everybody wins." It is the same thing that was confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Oil in mutual meetings between the two parties, notes, in order to resolve these sensitive issues, especially in these circumstances that require candor and accuracy of information and the cooperation of everyone and in the public benefit.

Observations:

1. The file management between Baghdad and the region is still going on in a lot of aspects in the political framework, as the absence of technical information about trading in the information material notes, which challenged the extent of transparency both ends of the oil agreement, which is one of the most serious issues facing Iraq and the Kurdistan region to an end, whether .

2. The Iraqi Oil Ministry and the Ministry of Natural Resources to develop two claims-performance media, including what websites and other media outlets, which have not succeeded so far to dispel uncertainty about the oil deal, exports, figures released by the conflicting parties.

3. "Iraqi Media House" to confirm the transparency of the open communication with the public and the media is the only way available to reduce these crises through the mechanics of a professional, not just political.

4. sees "the Iraqi media house" The Iraqi media has not lived up to the level of research and investigation wanted to spread the truth, and that a lot of the media tried to compensate for their inability and the weakness of its expertise in the field of economic journalism and in the scope of the survey through the referral of the crisis to the only political reasons, as it's gone too far in the granting of the crisis character devotes hatred and misunderstanding among continental and supervisor.

5. Recommend "Iraqi media house," the organizations concerned to develop performance media and the intensification of courses and workshops for the press surveys generally oil and the press in particular, to create a generation of journalists who are able to study the accounts and proficiency figures the language in a professional and impartial and display of public opinion.

6. Monitoring the "House of the Iraqi media," the absence of the Kurdish language in the Iraqi Oil Ministry sites, as opposed to the absence of the Arabic language in the Ministry of Natural Resources Kurdish site, and believes that this practice is far from the constitutional context, the fact that the two ministries and accommodation had Basal their information to all Iraqi people regardless of their nationality .

On that Iraqi media house of the two ministries recommend the opening of two websites, one in Kurdish for the federal oil and another in Arabic for the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

7. monitoring Iraqi media house twice as media of communication between the Iraqi Oil Ministry official media of the Kurdish language, in contrast to communicate the same weaknesses and Ministry of Natural Resources with the Arab media.

8. find Iraqi media house that the responsibility of the government parties in Baghdad and the region not to offload the issue of the oil content of the agreement of technical and economic crisis by turning to harm nature between the components of Iraq.

9-house is the Iraqi media for monitoring report provided by the oil agreement is the foundation of a media report degree rather than a technical report or economically, and that means independent media in addressing Amther developed in the preparation of reports and professional specialization in the future.

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