Member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, Zainab Jumaa Al-Mousawi, accused Erbil of “circumventing Baghdad’s federal decisions regarding the crude oil sector.”
Al-Moussawi said in a statement: “Erbil circumvents Baghdad’s decisions, as it, in agreement with foreign companies, circumvented the Federal Court’s decision issued in February 2022, which ruled the unconstitutionality of the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region, and prevented it from exporting oil in its favor, and even the export is through Baghdad exclusively.
She added: “The circumvention was through changing the names of the operating companies, for example, Schlumberger is currently operating in the region under the name of “IOt”, which is one of its departments, while Halliburton operates under the name of “Boots and Coots”, which is also one of its departments.
MP Al-Moussawi indicated: “This came after the false claim of those companies to withdraw from work in the Kurdistan region in compliance with the federal decision.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency