Exxon - kurdistan - södra Irak

Här tänkte jag sammanfatta lite vad som hänt på den här fronten.

Ifall Exxon officiellt går ut med att de väljer kurdistan över Irak så är de väldigt positivt, jag misstänker dock att de försöker förhandla sig till att få jobba i båda områdena. 

Varför annars anställa de tunga namnen med goda kopplingar till Bagdad?


 The Little-Known Man Behind ExxonMobil in Baghdad By Steve LeVine, Quartz | Friday, February 15, 2013 | 11:02 a.m.  A bit of media attention has been drawn to ExxonMobil’s hiring of some of America’s most seasoned foreign policy hands as advisers abroad, including to help it through a fix in Iraq. As reported first by the Iraq Oil Report (paywall), most prominent on the list are former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and former Ambassador James Jeffrey.

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Exxon holds oil talks with Iraq’s Maliki

Monday, 21 January 2013

Exxon angered OPEC member’s central government by signing deals with the northern Kurdish enclave, agreements Baghdad rejected as illegal contracts putting at risk the U.S. company’s other operations in Iraq's southern oil fields. (AFP)

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By REUTERS
BAGHDAD

Exxon Mobil has asked Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki whether the U.S. oil major can keep operating in the country's southern oilfields while also working in the autonomous Kurdistan region, the government said on Monday.

The talks between the Shiite premier and Exxon came as the U.S. company is in the process of selling its stake in the huge West Qurna-1 oilfield in the south after clashing with Baghdad over its Kurdistan deals in the north.

Exxon angered OPEC member’s central government by signing deals with the northern Kurdish enclave, agreements Baghdad rejected as illegal contracts putting at risk the U.S. company’s other operations in Iraq's southern oil fields.

“Exxon Mobil asked to meet with prime minister to know his opinion on the company's contracts in the south and in the northern region and if there was a possibility to keep working on both contracts,” Maliki’s media advisor Ali al-Moussawi said after the meeting.

“The prime minister's answer was clear to the head of Exxon that they can't keep operating on both deals at the same time and they should observe Iraq's laws."

A statement from the government said only that Exxon Chief Executive Rex Tillerson had "expressed his company's keenness to continue and expand its work in Iraq and that it will take important decisions in this regard."

Iraqi officials said late last year that China National Petroleum Corp or CNPC had emerged as the favorite in negotiations to take over Exxon's 60 percent stake in the $50 billion the West Qurna-1 project.

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Barzani meets with Exxon Mobils’ Chairman of the Executive Board in Switzerland

Wednesday, 23 January 2013 09:05

Shafaq News / The President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani met with the Chairman of the Executive Board of Exxon Mobil , Rex Pilarson and discussed the company's activities in the exploration field in Kurdistan Region.

According to a statement issued by the Presidency of the region reported for "Shafaq News" that "in the context of the current visit of the region's president, Massoud Barzani and his accompanying delegation, they arrived on Tuesday to Switzerland in order to participate in the World Economic Conference in Davos".

The statement added that "in the beginning of the meeting, the chairman of the Executive Board of Exxon Mobil talked about the company's activities, which has been working in Kurdistan Region in oil exploration field."

This and before heading to Switzerland, President Barzani went to Germany to check on the health of President , Jalal Talabani and be informed about the medical actions taken for treatment, President Barzani was happy with the improvement of the health status of Talabani.

Barzani left Erbil on Sunday of this week in a visit to a number of European countries in addition to attending the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland.

President Barzani is accompanied in this visit by a governmental delegation comprising of Deputy Prime Minister , Imad Ahmed , President of the Kurdistan Region office , Fouad Hussein , Minister of nature wealth of the territorial Government , Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Planning , Ali al-Sindi , the official of Foreign Relations Department in the Government , Falah Mustafa in addition to a group of advisers.