PM:02:04:30/06/2022
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SULAIMANI —The
spokesperson of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in a press
conference yesterday (June 29) that none of the oil companies working in the
Kurdistan Region has left.
Jutyar Adil said all
the oil companies operating in the region are continuing their work.
His comments were made
after reports by Iraqi News Agency (INA) that two US companies, Schlumberger
and Baker Hughes have exited the Kurdistan Region following the Iraqi federal
court's decision to consider the Kurdistan Region's energy sector
unconstitutional.
Adil also spoke about
recent missile attacks on oil and gas fields in the Kurdistan Region saying the
KRG knows who attacked Khor Mor gas field and why they attacked it.
He did not disclose
any names as the KRG is awaiting the results of investigations, he
explained.
Khor Mor gas field in
Chamchamal district, Sulaimani province, was attacked three times within 72
hours last week prompting Dana Gas, which operates the field, to suspend expansion works.
Local analysts have
pointed out that the aim of recent
missile attacks on oil and gas companies operating in the Kurdistan Region
appears to be political.
In February, the Iraqi
Federal Supreme Court issued a verdict against the KRG's law on oil contracts,
which ruled the contracts were against the constitution.
The KRG has said that
the ruling was "political", and the Judicial Council of the KRG noted
on May 17 that all of the KRG's oil contracts meet the guidelines of the Iraqi
constitution enacted in 2005.
(NRT Digital Media)