... in Crisis: Identifying Strategies for Kurdistan and Iraq to Re-establish Cooperation in the Context of Energy Dependency
Key Factors Influencing the Future of Kurdistan's Oil Deal
Dark clouds over the deal are still present, even with the claims that oil pumped in Iraqi Kurdistan has started to flow through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline. Currently, there appear to be several major
obstacles
to the agreement's sustainability that could jeopardize its long-term viability. Reportedly scheduled for renegotiation in December,...
... through its territory via Iraq to Europe.
Iraq and Turkey Head to the ICC
Iraq complained to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris in 2014, that Turkey had disregarded the 1973 agreement by using the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to export oil from Iraqi Kurdistan without first informing the Baghdad-based Iraqi government. Surprisingly, the Iraqi case was filed four years after both state oil ministers
signed
an extension of the agreement in 2010, that added annexes and extended it for another ...
Russian Oil Companies Return to post-Saddam Iraq
Russian energy companies in Iraq have maintained their presence in the country regardless of the political forces in power, working within the current domestic political situation. Prior to the Syrian campaign ...
