Iran parliament may seek end to UAE Crescent gas deal
* First gas exports to UAE were slated for 2005
* Crescent says contract internationally binding
TEHRAN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iran may revoke a deal to export gas to the United Arab Emirates because of a dispute over pricing, Iranian parliamentarians said on Tuesday.
UAE-based Crescent Petroleum said in July it was seeking international arbitration for the failure of Iran's state oil firm to fulfil the contract.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has yet to complete testing facilities at its offshore Salman field which should have pumped the Islamic Republic's first gas exports to the UAE in December 2005.
"In the opinion of some parliamentarians this contract will have to be revoked and its international ramifications accepted," Iranian student news agency ISNA quoted parliament's energy committe spokesman Emad Hosseini as saying.
"The government and the oil ministry must provide parliament with the needed explanation on the Crescent deal," he said.
The report was the first comment on the issue since Iran appointed a new oil minister, Massoud Mirkazemi, in September. Continued...
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