Iraq hopes to negotiate terms for a better future for much-attacked northern pipeline, though Turkey concerned it will lose revenue again if security fails.
The northern export pipeline has stopped working after an attack in an area that was once a major scene of insurgent attacks.
Oil exports from northern fields doesn’t mean a deal on KRG oil contracts, even those exporting now, and a compromise is made more complex by gas deal.
Addax and Genel are in the process of merging or being acquired, though one could have serious repercussions in southern Iraq for the new parent.
Iraq warns Turkey on Euphrates water supplies.
Published
June 8, 2009,
12:22 am in
Oil
Turkey’s Genel Enerji is Heritage tie-up target.
Disputes over how oil sector should be managed, controlled will culminate in Parliament questioning of oil minister.
Published
June 1, 2009,
1:35 pm in
Politics
Syria’s persecuted Kurdish minority see Iraq’s Kurdistan region as safe haven.
While oil flows, questions over compensation and disputes between KRG and Baghdad remain.
Published
May 28, 2009,
2:05 pm in
Oil
Who gets the money as Iraqi Kurdistan starts crude exports?