Oil: (SOMO) is responsible for all exports of Iraqi oil and gas
Ministry announced Saturday that the Iraqi oil Iraq is exporting crude oil and gas companies across the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) , and do not exist any other party authorized to sign contracts with international companies or local in this regard ...

And confirmed the ministry said in a statement issued today in response to a statement Company R.W.E Posted on the Kurdistan Regional Government, which came in to read "it had signed a cooperation agreement with the Government of Iraqi Kurdistan to inject future gas supplies to the Nabucco pipeline project."

The statement said that "the export of crude oil and gas and their derivatives is the validity of the Oil Ministry in Baghdad, the federal government exclusively through the Iraqi oil marketing company."

He added that he had "no right to any other contract for the export of crude oil, gas or their derivatives".. Explaining that he had "no value for any commitments made other than the Ministry of Oil to export gas via the Nabucco pipeline."

The statement noted that "any contracts or agreements signed outside the legal framework of the approved official and marketing company (SOMO) is considered invalid and illegal."

The Company announced (R.W.E) German energy services and gas on Friday it signed an agreement with Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq that includes helping them to develop and design infrastructure for the transfer and export of gas, as well as research into methods of export from the region to Turkey and Europe through a pipeline "Nabucco", according to a statement of the company.

The statement quoted the Managing Director Stefan Ioudec saying he "has been discussed with the oil minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government drastically on the utilization of various aspects of this agreement, which would be useful for the region and us."

According to the company statement, "Hawrami assured the federal government in Iraq from the Convention that the gas export revenues, which will benefit the country as a whole."

The "Nabucco" is a pipeline has the support of the United States wishing to ease the adoption of Western countries on Russian gas, is scheduled to pass from Azerbaijan across the borders of Turkey's eastern access to Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, and from there to large repositories for storage in Austria.