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Foreign oil companies violate Iraqi laws
Iraq 05/08/2024
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head of the “National Approach” bloc and member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Ahmed Taha Al-Rubaie, criticized the clear legal violation committed by companies operating in the oil sector in Basra by not approving the official passport issued by the Health, Safety and Environment Authority, which allows workers to work. Among the public and private sector companies operating within licensing rounds.
Al-Rubaie said, in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “(The Health, Safety and Environment Authority passport) issued by the Basra Oil Company and obtained by working Iraqis, is not approved by the oil companies operating within the licensing rounds, even though it is the official passport that allows them to work.” “But it is not adhered to, especially in the Rumaila field.” He pointed out that "most companies rely on oil licenses issued by the Rumaila Field Registration Authority or the West Qurna Field Operating Authority, Majnoon Field, or Zubair Field, and this passport is issued by these bodies - which were mentioned above - working with the main foreign operator, such as (BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, and Shell), and Iraqi workers find it difficult to obtain the safety passport issued by them, as it is difficult and complicated and costs citizens large sums of money as a result of the distance of these oil sites from their areas of residence, in addition to the fact that the course to obtain the passport requires Many days of going back and forth to the sites of these companies.”
Regarding the passport issued by the parent company (Basra Oil Company), which includes the authorities of the aforementioned fields, Al-Rubaie explained that “it can be obtained with great facilities,” indicating that “the problem facing unemployed youth who obtained a (safety passport) for work - even if they... As a driller, he is not approved by foreign companies.”
Al-Rubaie pointed out, “obtaining the approval of the Director of the Basra Oil Company to circulate to all companies operating in the oil sector and private sector companies operating within the licensing rounds and in the oil fields in general, requiring the approval of the (Health and Safety Passport) issued by the Health, Safety and Environment Authority of the Basra Oil Company, which... It is considered the official passport to work in these companies.”
He stated, "This circular will solve the problem of many unemployed people who sometimes obtain simple job opportunities in these companies as an electrician or mechanic or in drilling as part of simple routine work, the requirements of which are obtaining a (safety passport)."
Al-Rubaie confirmed, at the end of his speech to “Al-Sabah”: “Approval was obtained from the Basra Oil Company to hold a course in coordination with our office (the National Approach Bloc) in the parliament for (500 young men from Basra Governorate), which represents an opportunity and facilitation for the purpose of obtaining job opportunities.” Within the oil sector.
For his part, the oil expert, Engineer Haider Al-Khatt, said in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “This issue that has been addressed needs to be followed up by the House of Representatives and the Basra Oil Company, which must take strict measures against those companies that do not comply with this.” The circular issued by it approving the (Health, Safety and Environment Permit) issued by it to employ manpower, in addition to the fact that there are matters that must be followed up regarding the control department, which is not able to monitor and audit BP, for example.
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