05/02/1391
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday in Tehran after meeting with Massoud Barzani's maker, head of the autonomous Kurdish region of Turkey, and the exchange of harsh verbal attacks between Ankara and Baghdad leaders, a sign of escalating conflict over Kurdistan oil control and entering the Sleeping crisis to a new and dangerous phase.
At the beginning of this month, the Kurdish autonomous government, criticized the Maliki government in Baghdad threatened the continued delay in paying the costs of production and international oil companies active in Kurdistan region, Iraqi national network to stop sending oil to the area will.
Maliki's government also threatened the mutually autonomous Kurdish government's share of oil decreases.
Oil War of 2007 had already been at the heart of Iraq's internal conflicts, and movements in recent weeks suggests that the political aspects of the past year in Turkey, has decided to play an active role in this complex game.
Kurdistan Oil
Outlook suggests that oil production in Iraq declared and undeclared reserves wonderful Krbvry hydrocarbon materials in this country is in crisis.
Oil experts, one of the last reserves of Iraq's hydrocarbon reserves Krbvry not take any major world know. An important part of the Kurdish regions of Iraq's reserves are located.
In Iraq, an ambitious program, is planning its crude oil production to 5 years to 10 to 12 million barrels per day increase.
Since 2007, the autonomous government of Kurdistan, however enjoy their share based on revenue share of production and hydrocarbon Krbvr Iraqi law, independent oil and gas exploration and production scores for the ladies of the small oil companies have been granted.
In November last year, Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world's largest oil giant, oblivious to the discontent of the central government of Iraq, received a contract for oil and gas exploration and production of the autonomous Kurdish government signed.
ExxonMobil's entry into Iraq, including smaller companies Talysmn, generous, Marathon Oil, Hunt Oil were active in this area, while never allowing the exploration for and production agreement between central government and the government to foreign companies autonomous Kurdistan is not signatures.
Exxon Mobil Corporation, now in southern Iraq, engaged in oil exploration and production projects is huge. The company first mentioned the Kurdish region, was initially considered highly controversial question.
As expected, after Exxon Mobil, Chevron Corporation, the American oil giant, plus two other large companies to enter Kurdistan.
Chevron apparently aimed at taking the field with an estimated 10 billion barrels of oil in this region is Sheikhan earlier by a small company, who Stone was discovered. Mentioned the company's share value has increased 100 percent shortly.
At the end of January this year was told that the French oil giant Total also on the verge of exploration and production contracts with the autonomous government of Kurdistan.
Following the trans-regional oil giants, now Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan has been the great game of oil.
Turkey's policy change?
Before the start of spring in North Africa, Turkey, Arabic, and especially by the current crisis in Syria, Iraq's unity and the federal government to protect its national interests in the country saw it. The Iraqi government now has introduced the Turkish enemy. To reach this conclusion in Baghdad, based on policy changes must be made in Turkey.
Political changes in the past year, Turkey's situation has changed suddenly. The result of these developments, and in Ankara a powerful determinant of future changes in Muslim countries has become.
Turkey's economy continued steady growth over the past ten years, to play such a role in the region helped. Turkey's disadvantage, being deprived of energy resources and in this respect, it needs oil to neighboring countries.
Iran and Iraq on more than 70 percent of Turkey's need for imported oil and gas provide.
Syria before the acute crisis, to provide one of the victims were Turkish oil.
Turkey's concern over the continuing crisis in Syria, Iran's oil production and thus reduce the significant decrease in its export capacity in the next 5 years. Thus, efforts to increase energy security, Turkey seems to have encouraged the entry of Iraqi oil is a complex game.
New pipeline
The 90-year biological Kurds in Iraq, the Arab country, has never been favorable to their nature. According to some reports, recently said Massoud Barzani to visit foreign residents said that if the Maliki government in Baghdad to stay on the job in 2014, Kurdistan will go their separate ways.
It is not accidental that the completion of an independent Kurdistan oil pipeline to Turkey is also to be completed in 2014.
In the present situation, the Kurdish self-reliant for oil exports from Iraq's oil is a national pipeline network. Thus, oil revenue is received, except that patents independent Kurdistan will receive a signed contract, subject to the accompaniment of the central government in Baghdad.
But independent oil export pipeline stretching from Kurdistan, Turkey, this situation will change.
Kurdish oil export efforts to find independent ways the government is very concerned about the Iraqi Shia. Maliki's concerns, the weaker its position within the region, and being driven from power by 2014 and at the end of the current parliament and government.
Although the separation of Kurdistan from the central government of Iraq, its Kurdish problem in Turkey may be passed over the face, apparently, to achieve greater leverage the power in the region and increase its energy security to the Kurdish issue is preferred .
In addition, Turkey has good relations with the nationalists, moderate Shiites and Sunnis in that country led by Ayad Allawi and Al Iraqiya coalition is.
Kurds and Maliki's government in Ankara and Tehran Yargyry apparent, indicating that the country's moderate government efforts, such as Jalal Talabani, to resolve internal differences appear to result not in Iraq, and Iraq over the coming months is pregnant with new events.
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