Vice reveals the value of Iraq 's estimated losses each year due to "plunder" of oil in Basra



Monday , February 6, 2017 21:51


Alsumaria News / Baghdad
He revealed the parliamentary finance committee member Masood Haider, on Monday, that Iraq's budget loses annually about three billion dollars as a result of "looting" oil province of Basra, calling on the presidency of the parliamentary finance committee and the presidency of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary convened a meeting with the Oil Ministry to discuss the matter and the formation of a committee to investigate the facts .

Haider said in an interview with a paragraph "in-depth" broadcast by Alsumaria TV during its evening, said that "the subject of the theft of oil in Basra is not new and was talking him with former oil minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, the beginning of 2015, and acknowledged then the minister," pointing out that "it the work of the Ministry of oil and must be controlled. "


He said Haider, that "we appreciate if we take looting rates, which is 200 thousand barrels per day and is priced at $ 40, it would cost the Iraqi state budget of about three billion US dollars annually," stressing that "the South Oil Company is the great responsibility and must director contributes significantly to detect facts and if those overworked can provide us with information. "

He called Haider presidency of the parliamentary finance committee and the presidency of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary to "hold a meeting with the Federal Oil Ministry to discuss the matter and the formation of a committee to investigate the facts," noting that "subject within the jurisdiction of the Energy Committee, but that as long as its financial bush, we are ready to cooperate in order to uncover the truth."

And it dealt with a paragraph "in-depth" broadcast by satellite Sumerian published during the evening, on Monday, accused of stealing oil in Basra.

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