America says it is following the resumption of Kurdistan oil exports and the draft oil and gas law , 9 NOV

 America says it is following the resumption of Kurdistan oil exports and the draft oil and gas law

The Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government announced, on Tuesday, that an American diplomatic delegation confirmed that Washington is closely following the process of resuming oil exports through the region’s pipeline to Turkey and legislating the oil and gas law. 

A statement from the ministry, received by Shafaq News Agency, said that the Kurdistan Minister of Electricity and Natural Resources, Kamal Muhammad Salih, received today, Tuesday, the American Consul General in Erbil, Mark Straw, pointing out that the new American Consul expressed his pleasure to invest in the electricity, energy and oil sector.   

The statement indicated that the American consul confirmed regarding the issue of resuming oil exports (via the region’s pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan) and the issuance of the draft federal oil and gas law that his country is closely following the process of resuming the region’s oil exports, indicating that Washington knows that suspending exports has negative effects on the region’s oil exports. Revenues of the region and its public sector. 

Straw added, according to the statement, that addressing the revenue problem and approving the oil and gas law are among the priorities of his country's policy and programs. 

The statement indicated that Minister Saleh expressed his thanks for America's role in giving importance to efforts to resume the region's oil exports, follow up on addressing oil and gas problems, expand investment, and approve the federal oil and gas law with the participation of the Kurdistan Region.   LINK