It is easy to lose sight of the wood for the trees sometimes in the complex world of global oil. And perhaps no subject in that world involves so many different intricate moving parts as the extraordinary relationship between the Federal Government of Iraq (FGI), based in Baghdad, and the …
Read More »Turkey Gas Hub still on Agenda, Russian President Putin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the proposed “gas hub” in Türkiye is still on the agenda. He noted that Moscow wants to set up an electronic platform for gas sales in Turkey, and they do not want to store gas there. Last year, Putin proposed the idea of creating a …
Read More »TotalEnergies, Rönesans to Develop Renewable Energy in Turkey
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Rönesans Holding to acquire a 50% stake in Rönesans Enerji and jointly develop, through this joint-venture, renewable projects in Turkey, which is a liberalised growing electricity market. Rönesans Enerji is currently operating a portfolio of 166 MW hydro assets. The company has as well …
Read More »Iraqi, Turkish Officials to Discuss Oil Exports Resumption from Northern Iraq
The Undersecretary of the Iraqi Oil Minister, Basim Mohammed Khudair, stated on Thursday that a Turkish delegation will meet with Iraqi officials in the oil sector in Baghdad on June 19 to discuss the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq. Khudair elaborated that the two parties agree that it …
Read More »Azerbaijan to Increase Gas Supplies to Turkey by about 17%
With the expansion capacity of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project, Azerbaijan will correspondingly increase its gas exports to Turkey to 10.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Türkiye, Rashad Mammadov, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. According to the Natural Gas Market 2022 Sector …
Read More »Iraq Negotiating with Turkey for Kurdistan Region’s Oil Re-exports
Iraq is negotiating with Turkey to resume pumping oil exports from the Kurdistan region, confirmed by Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani on Friday. He also emphasized that the OPEC+ coalition is committed to making decisions that achieve balance in the oil market and serve the interests of consumers, producers, and …
Read More »Iraq: Kurdish Region Loses $1.5bn since Oil Exports to Turkey Stopped
The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq has lost more than $1.5 billion since oil exports to Turkey were stopped, according to a report published on Tuesday by the US financial website Zero Hedge. Oil production in the region under KRG rule has continued to decline, extending a stoppage that …
Read More »Iraq Says Waiting on Final Answer from Turkey to Resume Oil Exports
Iraq is waiting on a final answer from turkey to resume its northern oil exports through the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, the country’s oil minister said Tuesday. Hayan Abdel-Ghani’s remarks come as oil production in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)-ruled region continues to drop as export flows to Turkey’s …
Read More »Turkey to Explore Oil in Eastern Black Sea
Turkey will conduct oil exploration activities in the eastern Black Sea, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez has said, adding that finding oil in this area is likely. Oil exploration activities are presently concentrated off the coast of the province of Zonguldak and seismic studies off the coast of …
Read More »Turkey Discovers Oil Reserve with 100k Barrel per Day Capacity
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced a fresh discovery of a new oil reserve in the country’s eastern region. “I’d like to share some fresh good news. We have discovered oil reserves with a production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day in Cudi and Gabar,” the president said on …
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