Transparency initiative looking at the Baghdad Conference oil and gas sector governance standards


2016-10-23


And civil society organizations and journalists held for extractive industries transparency initiative specialist workshop for research on oil sector management techniques and control of resources and transparency initiative within the oil Ministry in cooperation with specialized international organizations.

Dr Alaa Rasul Muhittin patron initiative and specialist workshop supervisor said. Iraq seeks through its membership in the extractive industries transparency initiative to establish global standards in the global oil and gas sector governance, enhance transparency in it based on the right of a citizen to be informed on how to manage their natural resources. And have taken great strides in this area through unprecedented standards established and became the forerunner of Iraq post detailed and accurate data about oil and gas production, revenue and cost of production and development plans and increased production, and the nature of the contracts, contracting mechanisms, and other things that were a State secret that deprives a citizen know or inquire about a previous regime, but also currently in all neighboring countries and in most oil producing countries, gas and minerals.

Iraq has produced in six annual reports have become a reliable reference for the House of representatives, civil society organizations and ministries and other social events.



Dr Alaa muhyiddin Messenger, face a considerable challenge in Iraq initiative to get hard data on the status of the territory's extraction sector because of territorial policy altketmih, and because of the sharp disagreement with the Federal Government because of the oil and gas law and informed the Central Government territory on production and export, and the policy of hiring foreign companies and revenues received by companies.

Mohieddin noted, these workshops to inform Parliament on the achievements of the initiative and the important role that the Council is obliged to carry out, in order to promote and strengthen the initiative through the legislation commits the Government and companies abide by the extractive industries transparency initiative standards.




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