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Israel Halts Tamar & EMG Flows As Fight With Hamas Continues
...wer in 2014, the pipeline has remained intact. REVERBERATING RAMIFICATIONS The ongoing war is also likely to impact future energy-related decisions, not only related to Israel but also Lebanon, as well Gaza itself: development of its 1tcf Gaza Marine field is sure to be kicked into the long gr...
Volume: 66Issue: 41Published at Fri, 13 Oct 2023 -
Iraq Braces For Government Formation: Sadr Wins Most Seats, Maliki Close Behind
...e outgoing parliament (see table). Sadr now has the largest bloc in parliament but he is tailed by the country’s longest serving post-2003 prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki who was in office from 2006 to 2014. Maliki’s ‘State of Law’ alliance added 10 seats for a provisional total of 35. But Mr Ma...
Volume: 64Issue: 41Published at Fri, 15 Oct 2021 -
Turkey’s East Med Drilling Campaign: Politics By Other Means
...In the scramble for the East Med, Turkey has been mixing guns with energy. A prolific politics-first drilling campaign has so far failed to result in an ‘economic’ discovery. But will Turkey’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ mentality see it strike gas? When in 2014 your correspondent asked the now-Tu...
Volume: 63Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2020 -
KRG: Russian Oil Firms Ensure Kremlin’s Tacit Support
...-open the Kirkuk-Ceyhan crude pipeline, out of action since IS overran large swathes of northern Iraq in 2014. The announcement looks to be bravado aimed at showcasing Iraq’s efforts to enforce sovereignty over Kurdistan: a daunting array of political and economic obstacles make it unlikely to be re...
Volume: 60Issue: 41Published at Fri, 13 Oct 2017 -
Iraq Attempts Fiscal Correction Amid Political Vacuum
...d “$15bn in payments owed to oil companies” due to “waste of the country’s wealth as a result of flawed policies of the former government through gifts from the necessary leader, especially during campaign seasons.” For context, Iraq had about $3bn in hand when Mr ‘Abadi took office in September 2014, al...
Volume: 58Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015 -
Challenges To KRG Political Stability
...ections in the spring of 2014. A negative Kurdish response will mean an indefinite postponement of the federal elections. A second matter requiring Mr Barzani’s attention is the question of relations with Kurds in the neighboring states of Syria, Turkey and Iran and whether the time has come to ca...
Volume: 56Issue: 41Published at Fri, 11 Oct 2013