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New Iran Cabinet Brings Back Shades Of Ahmadinejad
...ree branches of government: the presidency, parliament and judiciary. OWJI FOR OIL For the high-profile petroleum ministry, Mr Raisi nominated Javad Owji, who served under the former ultra-conservative petroleum minister Rostam Ghasemi as deputy minister from 2011 to 2013. His former boss had be...
Volume: 64Issue: 32Published at Fri, 13 Aug 2021 -
Turkey’s Plan For The East Mediterranean: Disrupt, Stir Up, And Provoke
...y. CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY Turkey certainly aims to show it means business. Since the 2011 discovery of the 4.2tcf Aphrodite field by US firm Noble Energy in RoC-awarded Block 12 - and the subsequent 2018 Calypso and 2019 Gl...
Volume: 62Issue: 32Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2019 -
Turkey Plans East Med Drilling: Politics Over Geology?
...unters with either military muscle or by stepping up its own ‘plans’ for hydrocarbon exploration. This was the case back in 2011 when US firm Noble began drilling Block 12 off southeast Cyprus (MEES, 26 September 2011), and Turkey further ramped up the rhetoric after Noble’s drilling resulted in the 5tcf Ap...
Volume: 61Issue: 32Published at Fri, 10 Aug 2018 -
Confusion Reigns As Iran Denies Russia Oil Deal Reports
...anian oil exports are down by more than 1mn b/d on average over the past 12 to 16 months, relative to 2011 levels, on the back of international sanctions placed on it on account of its nuclear program (MEES, 1 August). Given Russia’s place among the P5+1 group of world powers currently in ne...
Volume: 56Issue: 32Published at Fri, 08 Aug 2014 -
Rohani Champions Diplomacy Despite Ongoing Sanctions Threat
...60,000 b/d through December 2013. State-owned IOC, India’s third largest customer of Iranian crude, has slashed the volume of crude oil it plans to purchase from Iran in the upcoming fiscal year by almost one quarter. This move is in line with US legislation passed in December 2011 cu...
Volume: 56Issue: 32Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2013