The oil and gas law takes center stage amidst assurances that the problems of Baghdad and Erbil will not be solved

Information / Baghdad… The former member of the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee, Ghaleb Muhammad Ali, confirmed, on Tuesday, that the oil and gas law will not solve the existing problems between Baghdad and Erbil over the oil file, pointing out that the Kurdistan government seeks to make the region’s oil powers in its hands at a time when there is a decision by the Federal Court that obliges the government control of this file.

Ali told Al-Maalouma, “The oil and gas law will enter into mazes and many problems will arise around it if it is a political and technical law. As for the technical aspects, it will not affect oil dealings, whether with the region or other provinces.”

He added, “There is a decision by the Federal Court stipulating that the federal government control the oil file inside and outside the region, and obligated the government to have the oil management fully under the control of the Ministry of Oil and SOMO, and therefore the oil and gas law should not contradict the court’s decision.”

He pointed out, Ali, that “the oil and gas law will not solve the problem between the center and the region, as Kurdistan seeks to have all the powers of the region’s oil in its hands, while the center insists that the powers be under its authority.”

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