Parliamentary Energy: bureaucracy and corruption are pushing oil companies to leave

Parliamentary Energy: bureaucracy and corruption are pushing oil companies to leave

03/04/2014




Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

She said the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary that information has confirm the intent of many of the oil companies operating in the country to stop work because of bureaucracy and corruption in addition to the exposure of these companies to the demands of granting commission for facilitating the work by government figures influential, They pointed out that the absence of oil and gas law and the disadvantages of the investment law began pressure on the

giant oil companies during conducted work in the country.threatened the Italian oil company "Eni", the government last week that it will begin to prepare for departure within the next two weeks if you do not expect Baghdad contracts related to the development of Zubair oil field giant in the south of the country, and before that there was a threat Similarly by British Petroleum, "BP" to withdraw from the Rumaila oilfield with reserves enormous by what she bureaucratic complex hinder their work. said a member of the Oil and Energy Committee in the Parliament MP Mohammad Qasim said in an interview with "long", that "the information received by the our committee and correspondence confirms the intention of a number of international oil companies operating in Iraq to withdraw from work in Iraq, because of the bureaucratic and financial and administrative corruption in the institutions of the state and its ministry. "and explained that "there is harassment practiced against oil companies operating in the Ahdab field, specifically the Chinese company and before that was in the field Rumaila, "revealed the existence of interference in the work of these companies by influential elements." He favored the Kurdistan Alliance MP that "witnessing the 2014 withdrawals many of the oil companies operating in Iraq because of the problems faced by these companies is not only pertains to the deteriorating security but ill-treatment by Iraqi ministries with these companies. " and pointed out that "there are transactions entered into in order to get the so-called" commission "of the oil companies in a way and another," pointing out that some of the ministries dealing manner uncivilized with these companies when reviewed in order to Surfing some belongings. " noted a member of the Oil and Energy Committee that "the government bears full responsibility for withdrawals oil companies from Iraq," calling on the Baghdad government to "adopt the experience of the Kurdistan region in dealing with the oil companies to facilitate their dealings in the ministries and customs." and called on the government to exert more efforts in order to approve oil and gas law inactivated as well as amend the law on investment, "noting that" the investment law in the Kurdistan region is much better than the law of the federal government. " so said the other member of the Committee on Oil and Energy Awad al-Awadi said in an interview with the "long" yesterday that "all oil companies operating in Iraq are from major corporations and world that have to deal with all the oil-producing countries," pointing out that "these companies have facilities by these countries." added al-Awadi, that because of administrative procedures, strict and mismanagement, both at the level of the Council of Minister or the Ministry of Oil, as well as interventions by the government and the provinces cause a loss of confidence by these companies and the withdrawal from work. " MP on the mass of the Liberal government's handling matters and as quickly as possible, "pointing out that if there was a need to amend some laws should be amended, as well as about the need for the enactment of the oil and gas, which will all the problems facing the work of these companies. " and explained that "more than 70 international oil companies operating in Iraq and because of the problems between Erbil and Baghdad has withdrawn some of the companies operating in the Kurdistan region due to non-payment of dues" , noting that "the statistical precision for companies that threaten to leave is at the Ministry of Oil." and noted that "the prime minister's comments a few days ago about that Iraq is on the verge of economic collapse he had returns of negative economic reality as well as information about the intention of the withdrawal of these oil companies from Iraq , "explaining that" The prime minister has no confidence and economic vision and deal with the collapse of the Iraqi economy discourse in the media without putting appropriate plans and alternatives. "

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