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(回答先: ハリバートン、イラクでの燃料契約失う（アルジャジーラ） 投稿者 usam 日時 2004 年 1 月 02 日 14:34:47)
基本的には以前投稿した記事( http://www.asyura2.com/0311/war45/msg/758.html
)と同じ内容だったりします。（Reutersの英語って難しいよ...）
【Reuters】
U.S. Military to Take Over Halliburton Oil Role
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=MDCXYI2N2KDPKCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=4062138
この aljazeera/AFP の記事(Halliburton loses fuel contract in Iraq)にも
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3789AEBE-BF24-4191-9F99-AD192593FCFE.htm
（以下に全文転載）
>The current contract will remain in action to ensure continuity of supplies, according to the DESC.
DESCによれば、現在の契約は供給の連続性を保証するために活動して残るでしょう。
とあるように、Halliburton(Kellog Brown and Root)がイラク国内のガソリン不足を理由に直ちにお役後免になるわけではないことは記載されています。
で、少しニュースをあたってみました。
（下記３記事はThe Wall Street Journalのリンクなので契約者のみ閲覧可。以下に全文転載）
【DOW JONE/AP】
US Army Corp No Longer Overseeing Oil Imports Into Iraq
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,BT_CO_20031230_004651,00.html
【DOW JONE】
Pentagon Takes First Step to End Halliburton's Iraq Fuel Contract
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107284079719621500,00.html
Pentagon Shifts Halliburton Fuel Program
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,BT_CO_20031231_000813,00.html
実際のところは、DOW JONE/AP の記事(US Army Corp No Longer Overseeing Oil Imports Into Iraq) にあるように、監督者が "US Army Corps" から "The Defense Energy Support Center(DESC)" に切り替わったという事象だけであり、
DOW JONE の記事(Pentagon Takes First Step to End Halliburton's Iraq Fuel Contract)タイトルにあるように、「ハリバートンとの契約を終わらせるための第一歩」でしかないようです。
記事にあるように、この新しい契約にはラムズフェルドが噛んでいるようであり、その新しい契約も４月以降とされています。
単なる時間稼ぎの可能性も無きにしもあらず。
今後の経過に注目しましょう。
> The new contracts won't be awarded until April or later.
新しい契約は4月に初めて与えられるだろう。
> The switch to DESC couldn't happen without direct orders from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's office, and that order didn't arrive until last week, says a spokeswoman for the DESC.
It is unclear what role the Corps will continue to have in the fuel imports.The spokeswoman said the DESC will write its own contract requirements, and will answer directly to Mr. Rumsfeld's office and its usual supervisor, the Defense Logistics Agency.
DESCのスポークスウーマンは、ドナルド・ラムズフェルド国防長官のオフィスからの直接指図なしでDESCへ切り替ることができず、 その指示が先週初めて到着したと言う。燃料輸入でどんな役割を(US Army)Corpsが持ち続けるのかは不明瞭である。
スポークスウーマンは、DESCがDESC自身の契約条件を書いて、 直接ラムズフェルド長官のオフィスと通常の監督者である国防兵站庁(Defense Logistics Agency)に提出すると言った。
【aljazeera/AFP】
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3789AEBE-BF24-4191-9F99-AD192593FCFE.htm
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Halliburton loses fuel contract in Iraq
Wednesday 31 December 2003, 20:36 Makka Time, 17:36 GMT
The US Defence Department has taken away a contract to supply fuel to the US military in Iraq from Halliburton, the energy giant at the centre of accusations of inflating prices.
The military said on Wednesday the Defence Energy Support Centre (DESC), a Pentagon agency, and the Iraqi oil ministry would organise a tender for the supply of petrol and other fuel to US troops in Iraq.
Pentagon officials, quoted by US media, said there was no link between the change and accusations that a Halliburton subsidiary, Kellog, Brown and Root (KBR), may have overcharged for fuel by $61million.
Halliburton, which used to be run by Vice President Dick Cheney, has strongly denied the allegations. An investigation into the accounts is still being carried out.
More violations found
"The center will strive to put competitively awarded contracts in place as quickly as possible for this mission," said DESC director Richard Connelly.
The current contract will remain in action to ensure continuity of supplies, according to the DESC.
Other suspected violations of Iraq contracts awarded to Halliburton firms were also found in the audit, officials said, quoting the Defence Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).
According to the preliminary audit by Defence Department investigators, KBR charged $2.27 a gallon (3.78 litres) of petrol delivered to Iraq. A similar contract from Turkey would have cost $1.18 a gallon.
AFP
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【The Wall Street Journal/DOW JONE/AP】
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,BT_CO_20031230_004651,00.html
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December 30, 2003 7:10 p.m. EST
US Army Corp No Longer Overseeing Oil Imports Into Iraq
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (AP)--The Defense Department is removing the Army Corps of Engineers from overseeing oil imports into Iraq, acting just weeks after Pentagon auditors said Halliburton (HAL) -Vice President Dick Cheney's former firm -may have overcharged taxpayers under the Corps' supervision.
The Defense Energy Support Center, which buys fuel for the military throughout the world, will supervise the replacement of Halliburton and the award of a new contract for the imports, the center said Tuesday.
"We're taking over the mission," said the center's spokeswoman, Lynette Ebberts. She would not comment on whether the audit prompted the change, which was ordered Dec. 23.
Democratic lawmakers have been highly critical of the prices charged the U.S. government by Halliburton's KBR subsidiary, which has been importing refined petroleum products into Iraq under a mission awarded without competitive bids. Cheney headed Halliburton before running for vice president.
Earlier this month, the Defense Department's auditing agency supported the Democrats' allegations, finding the company may have charged up to $61 million too much for delivering gasoline to Iraqi citizens.
President Bush tried to calm the controversy, saying Halliburton should repay the government if it overcharged for fuel, which was imported from Iraq's neighboring countries.
Halliburton has said it expected to be cleared by the Defense Department. The company said its pricing resulted from a contract with a Kuwaiti firm, the only company approved as a supplier by the Corps.
Richard J. Connelly, director of the support center, said the existing contract would remain in place for now, so that fuel deliveries will not be interrupted.
Corps spokesman Robert Faletti said, "I don't believe the report had anything to do with the transfer."
The support center said it would award contracts under competitive bidding, a process that could take two to three months, but would consider a short-term contract until the bids are awarded.
URL for this article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20031230_004651,00.html
Updated December 30, 2003 7:10 p.m.
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【The Wall Street Journal/DOW JONE】
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107284079719621500,00.html
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December 31, 2003 3:26 a.m. EST
Pentagon Takes First Step to End Halliburton's Iraq Fuel Contract
By SUSAN WARREN and JOHN BIERS
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
A U.S. agency will begin importing gasoline for civilian use in Iraq, assuming a task currently handled by a unit of Halliburton Co., which has drawn criticism from federal auditors for the way it is handling the job.
The U.S. Defense Department said the work will be assumed by the Defense Energy Support Center, or DESC, a Pentagon agency that supplies fuel to the military. A spokeswoman for the DESC said the agency will assemble a team that will meet in Iraq in mid-January to begin figuring out what is needed and then solicit competitive bids for contracts to supply the fuel. The new contracts won't be awarded until April or later. But in the meantime, the DESC might extend current contracts, or issue temporary no-bid contracts, the spokeswoman said.
Both the Army Corps of Engineers, which supervised the gasoline importation by Halliburton's Kellogg Brown & Root unit, and KBR officials said they have been asking the Defense Department agency to take over the contract for months as the job turned into a longer-term commitment and drew criticism. A Halliburton spokeswoman said the company would work with the Army Corps. to transfer the fuel import task to the Defense Energy Support Center if necessary.
Halliburton's KBR has been under a microscope for its work in Iraq. Shortages of fuel in Iraq after the war prompted the Army Corps to ask KBR to import gasoline until domestic supplies could be re-established. The new work drew fire from Democratic lawmakers, who accused Halliburton of overcharging the government. Then federal auditors reviewing the fuel purchases raised questions about allegedly excessive fuel charges KBR was paying to Kuwait.
KBR officials have since said that their contract conditions required multiple sources for the fuel, and that they were under political pressure from U.S. government officials to purchase fuel from Kuwait in addition to Turkey, where fuel is cheaper to obtain.
The switch to DESC couldn't happen without direct orders from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's office, and that order didn't arrive until last week, says a spokeswoman for the DESC.
It is unclear what role the Corps will continue to have in the fuel imports. The spokeswoman said the DESC will write its own contract requirements, and will answer directly to Mr. Rumsfeld's office and its usual supervisor, the Defense Logistics Agency.
A Corps spokesman, Bob Faletti, said the Corps will be involved with the effort to define the new contract requirements, along with the Iraqi oil ministry, KBR and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. "It's a partnership, and it will continue to be a partnership" he said.
Write to Susan Warren at susan.warren@wsj.com2 and John Biers at john.biers@dowjones.com3
URL for this article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107284079719621500,00.html
Updated December 31, 2003 3:26 a.m.
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【The Wall Street Journal/DOW JONE】
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,BT_CO_20031231_000813,00.html
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December 31, 2003 7:31 a.m. EST
Pentagon Shifts Halliburton Fuel Program
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES (This article was originally published Tuesday)
By John M. Biers
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
HOUSTON -- The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) announced Tuesday it will begin importing fuel to meet domestic Iraqi needs, a move that will eventually end Halliburton Co.'s (HAL) much-criticized management of the program.
The DESC, an agency that imports fuel for military use, will take over the import program from Halliburton subsidiary KBR by mid-April, an official said Tuesday. Until that transition is complete, KBR will continue to supply gasoline, heating oil and other vital supplies, officials said.
The DESC will begin taking over the program in mid-January, when a team from the DESC visits Iraq. An award to fuel suppliers is expected 60-90 days later, said DESC spokeswoman Lynette Ebberts.
The DESC said its "goal is to have full and open competition" in picking suppliers, but an agency statement said the agency could limit the competition until it has enough time to complete a competitive process. This type of "bridge" contract could limit bidders to a pool of companies invited to participate. Congressional Democrats have attacked the Bush administration for employing similar timesaving strategies with Halliburton and other Iraq contracts.
"This will eventually replace KBR's importing mission once the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) makes the award," said Bob Faletti, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has overseen Halliburton's contract to restore Iraq's oil industry.
Despite its vast oil resources, Iraq lacks gasoline and other fuel products because of an obsolete and damaged oil refining network. The resulting gas lines and rationing have rankled native Iraqis.
The issue has also proved nettlesome to the Bush administration because Vice President Cheney led Halliburton before joining the Bush campaign in 2000. Cheney's close ties to the company became a source of late-night jokes after a Pentagon audit said the company may have overcharged the government as much as $61 million for the fuel.
Halliburton Tuesday said it would "continue to work with the Corps of Engineers to provide a permanent solution to the fuel needs of the Iraqi people." Previously, the company said it sought to transfer the program because it is dangerous to staff, but that the Army Corps was unable to find somebody who could take it over.
The fuel imports are part of Halliburton's no-bid contract to restore the Iraqi oil industry. The oil contract was awarded after Halliburton received a task order under a 2001 competitively-bid Army contract to provide logistics support as military requirements dictate. The two contracts, presently valued at more than $5 billion, produced $46 million in pretax earnings on $1.3 billion for the first nine months of 2003.
Defense officials haven't given a timeframe for phasing out the need for U.S.-administered fuel imports because of frequent outages due to electrical supply problems. Even without an uncertain electricity flow, analysts say the Iraq's refineries need major new investment to ensure adequate supply.
A United Nations official last week said imports were needed for civilian Iraqis at least through summer. The Coalition Provisional Authority declined to offer a timeframe. "How long imports will be needed is not easy to answer," the agency said in response to written questions.
-By John M. Biers, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9214; john.biers@dowjones.com
URL for this article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20031231_000813,00.html
Updated December 31, 2003 7:31 a.m.
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