Chalabi: the administration of the national wide powers. Ghadhban: Federal Council for Oil and Gas
Abbas Baghdad Algalbi
ت
Published Date 12/07/2009 06:00 AM
Reading on the increase, and two caveats
What experts say?
The debate over whether the first round of licensing, after the announcement of the names of the winning companies, and prepare for the second round, including during which the overlap between the reading of the political, technical reading, is still in place.
«Weekly» opinion poll and the two are the former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi, a chief adviser to the prime minister Anwar al-Maliki, a former oil minister Thamer Ghadhban, the views expressed in this file.
View, former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi, the Oil Ministry by the offer of 27 fields in the two rounds of licensing and the first and second reserves, representing over 90% of Iraq's reserves firm is unprecedented, and pointed out that this requires the existence of tables, technical, legal, administrative and financial veteran, warning of the adoption of the ministry total foreign consultants to carry out these tasks on behalf of the national institution.
Chalabi and a number of proposed measures to develop the oil sector, underlines the need for full implementation, and identifies the priorities of those proposals to re-establish the Iraqi National Oil Company management is far from independent and partisan political or sectarian affiliations, ethnic, and separate from the oil ministry, indicating that the company is responsible for management, operation and development of all fields under production, in whole or in part, to utilize foreign firms to provide oilfield services in the various activities.
The Chalabi, the need to empower the company's financial and administrative powers and is far from clear instructions and the controls work and other ministries of the State and by 5% of the volume of oil imports.
At the same time is calling for a freeze on work permits the first rounds and the second (other than invading fields) that re-evaluate the formulas and plans technical standards and the adoption of sound economic, pointing to the need to stop the agreement with the company «Shell» and the development of gas facilities in accordance with the South in the implementation of the approved terms of reference the project originally.
Chalabi and refers to the importance of developing the fields of productive labor by the company is currently seeking to stop the waste, and increase production from the reservoirs and fields, including the preparation of contractual models to bring a number of specialized services companies and the distribution of work according to their capacity.
And demands at the same time, the adoption of the plans set out in the previous production year 1990 and amended in 1995 as a year of work, and seek to implement an accelerated formats, and updated annually in preparation for a five-year plans and places.
It is proposed that the Ministry Chalabi at this stage to develop an urgent plan to examine the maintenance of oil installations in accordance with its programs and immediate financial and administrative powers, far from the red tape, as well as work to complete the set of meters of the ports, warehouses and export processing pipeline and ensure calibrated periodically.
At the same time, the stresses on the importance of the use of Iraqi oil Palmlakat away from Iraq and not contrary to their current job with the others, and to facilitate their work, whether to return to Iraq or the work of established offices outside of Iraq as a first step.
The stresses on the need to develop special regulations for the salaries and wages of employees of the oil sector, with systems of incentives and the activities of oil projects in the field of construction and to stimulate the institutions to carry out the operational portion of the business directly, is proposed to be called in to companies executing projects for the North Refinery and Refinery Salahaddin 1 -- 2 and South Gas multiple human organs can and gas refineries and north of fat depots and oil derivatives, and with the agreement to act quickly.
Chalabi is drawn to the importance of speeding up the construction of new refineries and, in particular, and Nasiriyah refinery refinery center (colleges) that have been approved in the Eighties Qaida and the last century, according to technical and economic studies, with a further study to determine the sites of other refineries and accessories from stores and the liquidation of units, and to focus on cracking units and improving the quality of petroleum products, while at the same time to develop an integrated plan for the delivery of re-packing plants to the private sector so as to make it play the role of administrative and technical activities in the various mounting oil.
50 billion dollars
Part of the development of the oil and the Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister Thamir Ghadban proposals to speed up plans to increase production and export of crude oil through the exploitation of oil reserves and gas efficient manner and to increase production and exports, and speed up the ratification of the oil and gas.
Ghadban, and this trend is the constitutional requirement as well as a pressing social need for the reasons outlined in that Iraq has the third largest proven oil reserves in the world, an estimated 115 billion barrels, in addition to 220 billion of non-proven reserves, with gas reserves of about 3200 billion cubic meters, which is 3 to 4% of the total reserve of «OPEC» and about 1.8% of the total world reserves.
Attention Ghadhban that Iraq has more than 500 oil exploration site, and 71 characterized as a field uncovered a relatively large, multi-reservoir and close to each other and with the productivity of large and low cost of drilling and multiple types of Alnfot and different concentrations.
The adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for energy, there is no external constraints on the production and export of crude oil at the time of this sector is a large open world.
Add: the need for Iraq to develop the energy sector over the next five years is estimated at 50 billion dollars to build a spread of new refineries and the construction of the southern export system at a total cost of up to 6 billion dollars, and the construction of a third strategic line between Basra and Syria, in addition to the export of energy estimated at 1.5 million barrels daily and total limits of cost 2 billion dollars.
At the same time shows that there is a need also tend to build a seawater desalination plants for the purpose of providing drinking water for the injection of oil reservoirs in southern Iraq in order to sustain the pressure and to maintain production levels.
It should be noted that the expanded symposium held in Baghdad in late February (February) was devoted to the last policy review in the presence of oil, experts and officials involved in the energy sector, called for to maximize the production and export of oil and gas in Iraq, to the maximum rates in the fastest period of time, and improve the efficiency of performance in the oil sector , as well as the outsourcing of finance and expertise, technologies and efficient management of the world's major oil companies.
In connection with these claims finds that Ghadhban be to expedite the formation of the federal oil and gas extraction, the administration and with sufficient power, and the restructuring of the Iraqi National Oil Company, and the structure of the Ministry of Oil and tours to the licensing by the Ministry, stressing the need to accelerate the adoption of the law of oil and gas by the Chamber of Deputies, the resolution of outstanding differences between the center and the province of Kurdistan, to resolve a legal issue of oil contracts signed by the province.
In the area of operational work is proposed Ghadhban development of oil fields discovered, however, fully developed, through the use of internal and external expertise, and through the licensing of assessments by the Ministry of Oil and in a manner that the development of service contracts and other fields outside of the licensing courses through a contract to develop one field or group fields located within the geographic area during one of the bilateral strategic alliances with prestigious national oil companies from friendly countries of the world's oil consumption, or with large international oil companies, and the attempt to reach agreements with other groups to develop other sectors of the energy needed in Iraq to the oil payment to be Additional crude product.
And stresses the importance of Ghadhban manner EPC contract with companies that accept this method of dealing with the companies that provide such funding required for projects, and payment of the additional crude oil product, as well as the opening of oil exploration (in order to compensate for the depleted reserves and increase production as well as to enhance oil future) in the Western Sahara to deal bilaterally with the countries or companies that have been contracted with the former up to the wording of the new contract is acceptable.
Finally, and demands by accelerating the development of oil fields, installation of border with neighboring countries whenever possible, and quickly.
Abbas Baghdad Algalbi
ت
Published Date 12/07/2009 06:00 AM
Reading on the increase, and two caveats
What experts say?
The debate over whether the first round of licensing, after the announcement of the names of the winning companies, and prepare for the second round, including during which the overlap between the reading of the political, technical reading, is still in place.
«Weekly» opinion poll and the two are the former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi, a chief adviser to the prime minister Anwar al-Maliki, a former oil minister Thamer Ghadhban, the views expressed in this file.
View, former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi, the Oil Ministry by the offer of 27 fields in the two rounds of licensing and the first and second reserves, representing over 90% of Iraq's reserves firm is unprecedented, and pointed out that this requires the existence of tables, technical, legal, administrative and financial veteran, warning of the adoption of the ministry total foreign consultants to carry out these tasks on behalf of the national institution.
Chalabi and a number of proposed measures to develop the oil sector, underlines the need for full implementation, and identifies the priorities of those proposals to re-establish the Iraqi National Oil Company management is far from independent and partisan political or sectarian affiliations, ethnic, and separate from the oil ministry, indicating that the company is responsible for management, operation and development of all fields under production, in whole or in part, to utilize foreign firms to provide oilfield services in the various activities.
The Chalabi, the need to empower the company's financial and administrative powers and is far from clear instructions and the controls work and other ministries of the State and by 5% of the volume of oil imports.
At the same time is calling for a freeze on work permits the first rounds and the second (other than invading fields) that re-evaluate the formulas and plans technical standards and the adoption of sound economic, pointing to the need to stop the agreement with the company «Shell» and the development of gas facilities in accordance with the South in the implementation of the approved terms of reference the project originally.
Chalabi and refers to the importance of developing the fields of productive labor by the company is currently seeking to stop the waste, and increase production from the reservoirs and fields, including the preparation of contractual models to bring a number of specialized services companies and the distribution of work according to their capacity.
And demands at the same time, the adoption of the plans set out in the previous production year 1990 and amended in 1995 as a year of work, and seek to implement an accelerated formats, and updated annually in preparation for a five-year plans and places.
It is proposed that the Ministry Chalabi at this stage to develop an urgent plan to examine the maintenance of oil installations in accordance with its programs and immediate financial and administrative powers, far from the red tape, as well as work to complete the set of meters of the ports, warehouses and export processing pipeline and ensure calibrated periodically.
At the same time, the stresses on the importance of the use of Iraqi oil Palmlakat away from Iraq and not contrary to their current job with the others, and to facilitate their work, whether to return to Iraq or the work of established offices outside of Iraq as a first step.
The stresses on the need to develop special regulations for the salaries and wages of employees of the oil sector, with systems of incentives and the activities of oil projects in the field of construction and to stimulate the institutions to carry out the operational portion of the business directly, is proposed to be called in to companies executing projects for the North Refinery and Refinery Salahaddin 1 -- 2 and South Gas multiple human organs can and gas refineries and north of fat depots and oil derivatives, and with the agreement to act quickly.
Chalabi is drawn to the importance of speeding up the construction of new refineries and, in particular, and Nasiriyah refinery refinery center (colleges) that have been approved in the Eighties Qaida and the last century, according to technical and economic studies, with a further study to determine the sites of other refineries and accessories from stores and the liquidation of units, and to focus on cracking units and improving the quality of petroleum products, while at the same time to develop an integrated plan for the delivery of re-packing plants to the private sector so as to make it play the role of administrative and technical activities in the various mounting oil.
50 billion dollars
Part of the development of the oil and the Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister Thamir Ghadban proposals to speed up plans to increase production and export of crude oil through the exploitation of oil reserves and gas efficient manner and to increase production and exports, and speed up the ratification of the oil and gas.
Ghadban, and this trend is the constitutional requirement as well as a pressing social need for the reasons outlined in that Iraq has the third largest proven oil reserves in the world, an estimated 115 billion barrels, in addition to 220 billion of non-proven reserves, with gas reserves of about 3200 billion cubic meters, which is 3 to 4% of the total reserve of «OPEC» and about 1.8% of the total world reserves.
Attention Ghadhban that Iraq has more than 500 oil exploration site, and 71 characterized as a field uncovered a relatively large, multi-reservoir and close to each other and with the productivity of large and low cost of drilling and multiple types of Alnfot and different concentrations.
The adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for energy, there is no external constraints on the production and export of crude oil at the time of this sector is a large open world.
Add: the need for Iraq to develop the energy sector over the next five years is estimated at 50 billion dollars to build a spread of new refineries and the construction of the southern export system at a total cost of up to 6 billion dollars, and the construction of a third strategic line between Basra and Syria, in addition to the export of energy estimated at 1.5 million barrels daily and total limits of cost 2 billion dollars.
At the same time shows that there is a need also tend to build a seawater desalination plants for the purpose of providing drinking water for the injection of oil reservoirs in southern Iraq in order to sustain the pressure and to maintain production levels.
It should be noted that the expanded symposium held in Baghdad in late February (February) was devoted to the last policy review in the presence of oil, experts and officials involved in the energy sector, called for to maximize the production and export of oil and gas in Iraq, to the maximum rates in the fastest period of time, and improve the efficiency of performance in the oil sector , as well as the outsourcing of finance and expertise, technologies and efficient management of the world's major oil companies.
In connection with these claims finds that Ghadhban be to expedite the formation of the federal oil and gas extraction, the administration and with sufficient power, and the restructuring of the Iraqi National Oil Company, and the structure of the Ministry of Oil and tours to the licensing by the Ministry, stressing the need to accelerate the adoption of the law of oil and gas by the Chamber of Deputies, the resolution of outstanding differences between the center and the province of Kurdistan, to resolve a legal issue of oil contracts signed by the province.
In the area of operational work is proposed Ghadhban development of oil fields discovered, however, fully developed, through the use of internal and external expertise, and through the licensing of assessments by the Ministry of Oil and in a manner that the development of service contracts and other fields outside of the licensing courses through a contract to develop one field or group fields located within the geographic area during one of the bilateral strategic alliances with prestigious national oil companies from friendly countries of the world's oil consumption, or with large international oil companies, and the attempt to reach agreements with other groups to develop other sectors of the energy needed in Iraq to the oil payment to be Additional crude product.
And stresses the importance of Ghadhban manner EPC contract with companies that accept this method of dealing with the companies that provide such funding required for projects, and payment of the additional crude oil product, as well as the opening of oil exploration (in order to compensate for the depleted reserves and increase production as well as to enhance oil future) in the Western Sahara to deal bilaterally with the countries or companies that have been contracted with the former up to the wording of the new contract is acceptable.
Finally, and demands by accelerating the development of oil fields, installation of border with neighboring countries whenever possible, and quickly.