Category Archives: Gas

Russia’s Gas Diplomacy

By Rozhin Salah, Linda Rashid, Deya Aso, Arez Osman, Ahmed Yousef: On 1 January, 2006, Russia cut off gas supplies to Europe because of a dispute over gas prices with the transit country Ukraine; this conflict was summarized on a cover of ‘The Economist’ in which Putin, instead of a gun, holds the pump in…

The Disputes Between Dana Gas and the KRG

By Harem Karem & Aland Mahwy: In a letter to the Abu Dhabi Bourse on 22 October 2013 (as required under the freedom of information law), Hamid Jafar, of Dana Gas and a former advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), revealed that he had filed a court case in London demanding $430 million from the…

Nationalisation of Kurdish Oil & Gas – Kurdish Oil Report

By Shawan Dizayee: @ShwanKamiran The Oil & Gas industry is at an embryonic stage in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with several Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) being given to major industry giants such as ExxonMobil and Shell, but this is not enough. Nationalisation of oil is paramount for social integrity and economic stability. Nationalisation of…

Iran ‘to build oil and gas pipelines soon’ to south Kurdistan

KT News: Iran will soon construct a natural gas pipeline and crude oil pipeline to south Kurdistan, says Anadolu Agency quoting Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials. The first pipeline will carry crude oil from the Kurdistan Region to Iran, and Iran will refine and send back the oil. The natural gas pipeline will carry Iranian gas…