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By Evin Cheikosman: Oil. The resource curse that a nation either benefits or suffers from. The resource that attracts many friends, a lot more foes, opens up opportunities to grow, and irritates relations with the envious. Iraq, a country known not only for its growing sectarian and civil rivalries, but also for its oil, has…
Former KRG official: KRG’s decision to export oil is a compromise Dr Hama Jaza Salih, former deputy minister of Natural Resources Ministry, says that agreeing to export 100.000 barrels of oil through SOMO goes against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) former claims for an independent economy. In an interview with ‘Weekly Awene’, a leading impartial…
By Rebwar Rawf Salih: The crux of this question is in the theory of the ‘rentier state’. Democratisation has to be distinguished from political liberalisation; the former refers to the openness of the political system to more actors or groups, but the latter refers to the provision of rights, which are usually given by governments and…
By Sarkawt Shamsulddin: At the beginning of Crimea Crisis some anti-Russia political analysts questioned Putin’s sanity over the Ukraine invasion. Well, if you study the situation deeper, you will find out that he knows what he is doing. Putin is aware of one single fact, which is that Europe is in need of Russia more…
Shahrstani: Iraq will monitor KRG oil fields Hussein Shahrstani, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, has stated that Baghdad has proposed a new initiative to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to solve the dispute over oil revenue. Shahrstani said that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, together with the KRG’s Natural Resources ministry, can install a…
A number of reporters have worked on this special report for KT but wanted to remain anonymous for fear of their lives. Multiple reliable sources have informed KT about a plethora of irregularities in the Ministry of Natural Resources that are creating a fertile ground for creating corrupt officials and paving the way for many…
By Sarkawt Shamsulddin: As tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its federal government or the Government of Iraq (GOI) reach to the point where the federal budget has been cut from the region, the gap between the two becomes critical and building a bridge is required now. When I have talked to my…
By Dr. Amy L. Beam (Mount Ararat Trek): Smuggling is, legally speaking, the exportation and importation of goods across borders without paying government taxes. For those who believe their activities are legal, theirs is an import/export business. The terms are applied selectively to influence perception of the event, like the terms terrorist and anti-terrorist. The…
KT News: Yesterdays’s meeting in Baghdad between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister Nechirvan Barzani and Iraq prime minister Nuri Maliki has failed to resolve the recently escalated dispute between the KRG and the Iraq central government over oil revenues and the federal budget. However, more talks are planned and the Iraq government is due to send new proposals to the KRG…
KT News A Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation led by prime minister Nechirvan Barzani has gone to Baghdad today to discuss the budget crisis and oil dispute. This week the Iraq central government, led by prime minister Nuri Maliki, took steps to counter the developing oil links between the KRG and Turkey. Iraqi Kurdish ministers…
CORRECTION: This article has been corrected by the writer Harem Karem and The Kurdistan Tribune to delete the reference made to Marathon Oil and we apologize that inaccurate statements were made about Marathon Oil in the original article. We have published a formal retraction here We welcome more comment and submissions on the issues this article…
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister Nechirvan Barzani and Iraq energy minister Hussain Shahristani yesterday reached an agreement in Baghdad that oil from the Kurdistan region will be exported through the Iraq State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), with revenues distributed according to the agreed annual budget share. The Iraqi government will decide on the…
By a Correspondent: The identity of the author of this report must remain anonymous. A Turkish court has banned journalists in Turkey from writing about the Roboski massacre. Over 50 Kurdish journalists and editors are in prison in Turkey, accused of associating with a terrorist organization for their reporting on Kurdish issues. On December 28,…
Interview by Mohammed Hussein: Dr. Denise Natali – Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington DC – talks about the problems of Kurdistan-Turkey oil contracts, rentierism and chances that an oil dependent economy can lead to dictatorship. MH: What is wrong with the (Kurdistan-Turkey) oil contract and pipe, and why…
KT News: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister Nechirvan Barzani met Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara today to discuss expanding energy cooperation. Barzani confirmed on CNNTurk television that the KRG plans to start pumping oil to Turkey via a Baghdad-controlled pipeline by the end of the year. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook…
