The plans
of the regional government of Kurdistan to sell
its first oil shipment via the Iraq-Turkey
pipeline without receiving the approval of Iraq’s
government violates the constitution, the
country’s oil ministry said on Friday.
Iraq’s federal ministry of oil, represented by the
state-owned Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), is the
only official body exclusively authorized to
export hydrocarbon resources including crude oil
and gas, the ministry said in a statement in
response to the regional government of the
semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan’s announcement
of its plans to sell its first oil shipment via a
new pipeline to Turkey at the end of January.
Iraq’s oil ministry also slammed the Turkish
government, represented by its energy ministry and
state-owned company Botas, for allowing pumping
and storing of crude oil produced in Kurdistan via
the Iraq-Turkey pipeline system without receiving
the approval of the federal government of Iraq.
Kurdistan regional government said in a statement
on Wednesday that it has started crude oil
shipment to Turkey and expects to sell the first
batch of 2.0 million barrels of oil at the end of
January. The regional government's ministry of
natural resources is inviting expressions of
interest in participating in the January tender or
any future tenders, it said in the statement.
Source: SeeNews
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