Negotiating teams representing Iraq’s federal government and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government meet in Baghdad to negotiate over energy and financial issues on April 19, 2020. Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Continue Reading
Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Ismaael has set an April deadline to resolve a long-running legal action against Turkey for enabling Kurdistan’s independent oil exports — either through a negotiated deal Continue Reading
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday condemned overnight violence in the city of Tripoli, where protesters angry over a strict lockdown clashed with security forces and set the municipality building Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is about to make headlines again. In a surprise statement by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an interview at the Future Continue Reading
The Biden administration has imposed a temporary freeze on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and is scrutinizing purchases by the United Arab Emirates as it reviews billions of dollars Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s “brilliant move” to unilaterally reduce oil output additionally by 1 million b/d has been a great contribution to the stabilization of the global oil market, Kirill Dmitriev, the Continue Reading
Iran has threatened to block nuclear inspections next month, and further increased production of fuel that could be enriched for use in bombs. It has seized an American ally’s cargo Continue Reading
Near the beginning of December, Bloomberg sources suggested that the French oil major Total SA was looking to rid itself of its 18% stake in the Sarsang exploration block in Continue Reading
An increase in Iranian oil exports to China has received some unwanted attention in recent days and is now prompting fears of a clampdown. Indonesia seized two vessels — one of which was Continue Reading
China’s government called on Indonesia on Wednesday to treat a group of detained Chinese sailors fairly but gave no indication what their oil tanker was doing when it was found Continue Reading
