Al-Ghadhban: Arbil Baghdad has not received a single barrel of 250,000 b / d under the budget

by **claud39** Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:25 am

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Al-Ghadhban: Arbil Baghdad has not received a single barrel of 250,000 b / d under the budget

03/10/2019

Economy News Baghdad

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban, on Sunday, to witness the next few days, the escalation of efforts to hold a meeting between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Administration to discuss the oil file between them, noting that the budget provides for the region to hand over 250 thousand barrels of oil to the central government But has not received a single barrel so far.

"The federal government has not conducted so far, negotiations with the Kurdistan region on the oil file because of its preoccupation during the previous period to form a federal government and the adoption of the budget law along with the formation of the provincial government," said Ghadhban in a press statement quoted by the official newspaper "Sabah" Local, which took some time, "and expected that" the next few days will witness an escalation of efforts to hold a meeting between the two parties to discuss the oil file. "

He added that "the budget law contains a clear paragraph that requires the region to deliver 250 thousand barrels of oil exported from there to the federal government, especially that the region currently produces more than 400 thousand of them a day," stressing that "the government has not received so far, one barrel of 250 thousand barrels because there is no procedural agreement between the two sides. "

Al-Ghadhban expressed the absence of the region over the past four years to give any amount of oil produced there to the federal government except for a partial amount and for one year, although there is a text in the budget emphasizes the need for the region to hand over part of the quantities produced there, "He said." He is optimistic that the budget will be implemented this year as it will be possible to proceed together with the approval of the law system, go to the legislative authority regarding the oil and gas laws and the national oil company.