“Building bridges and forging partnerships in regional energy”

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Monthly archive June, 2015
Öğütçü Bloomberg HT'de enerji gündemini değerlendirdi

Öğütçü Bloomberg HT’de enerji gündemini değerlendirdi

29 Haziran 2015 | Fokus Programı Bosphorus Energy Club Başkanı , 29 haziran 2015 günü Bloomberg’de yayımlanan Fokus Programı’nın konuğu oldu. Çin’in İpek Yolu koridorlarından, Rusya ile Türk Akımı projesinin geleceğine; Irak Kürt özerk yönetim bölgesi petrolünden, gündemdeki enerji politikalarına pek çok soruyu yanıtlayan Öğütçü’nün değerlendirmelerini buradan izleyebilirsiniz.
Iran looks to energy reserves for post-sanctions influence

Iran looks to energy reserves for post-sanctions influence

BBC News | 5 June 2015 By Richard Anderson |  Iran is a bona fide superpower in global energy markets. Or rather it would be if reserves in the ground were the measuring stick. Taking oil and gas together, only Russia can boast of greater riches. The potential to be a major gas exporter, then, is...
Rebalancing China’s Energy Strategy

Rebalancing China’s Energy Strategy

www.goldmansachs.com | January 2015 Paulson Papers On Energy and Environment Damien Ma At a high-level meeting of China’s top finance and economics body in June 2014, President Xi Jinping called for a sweeping energy revolution in China, centered on five areas: demand, production, technology, institutional governance, and global markets. The exclusive focus on energy was unexpected...
Russia's high-stakes game in Iraq: Expanding their role in the Middle East

Russia’s high-stakes game in Iraq: Expanding their role in the Middle East

Second Life Of Defence | 2014-01-19 |  By Stephen Blank |  Ten years after the American invasion Iraq is in danger of disintegration.  Its stability cannot be taken for granted or even assumed. Evidently Iraq is not far from being a failed state and Syria is already deep in the throes of protracted civil war. Both...
Yunanistan Türk Akımı'na dahil oldu

Yunanistan Türk Akımı’na dahil oldu

Hürriyet – (A.A) – | 20 Haziran 2015 Rusya, Türk Akım boru hattı projesinin Yunanistan’a uzatılması için Atina ile hükümetler arası anlaşma imzaladı. Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin geçen sene Türkiye’ye yaptığı ziyarette Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan ile Türk Akımı projesine son hali verilmişti. Anlaşmanın imza töreninde konuşan Rusya Enerji Bakanı Alexander Novak, Yunanistan ile hatta eşit...
TR güneşle bölgesel enerji gücü olabilir

TR güneşle bölgesel enerji gücü olabilir

Enerji Günlüğü – 21.06.2015 |  GÜNDER Başkanı Dr. Kemal Gani Bayraktar, Türkiye’nin sahip olduğu potansiyelle güneşten elektrik enerjisi üretimi alanında bölgesel bir güç olabileceğini söyledi. Bugün (21 Haziran) dünya güneş günü. Bugün Kuzey Yarımküre’de en uzun gün yaşanacak. Uluslararası Güneş Enerjisi Topluluğu Türkiye Bölümü (GÜNDER) Başkanı Dr. Kemal Gani Bayraktar, 21 Haziran Dünya Güneş Günü dolayısıyla...
Turkish Stream: Realities Behind the Big Pipeline Project

Turkish Stream: Realities Behind the Big Pipeline Project

The Energy Exchange  |  27‐29 January, Vienna, Austria 8th European Gas Conference  | John Roberts |  Session Facilitator: John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Methinks Ltd. Roberts introduced the session by saying that Russia was serious about “Turkish Stream” and that he considered it most probable that the first two strings of this proposed four‐string, 63‐bcm/y system would be...
Turkish Stream and the EU Security of Gas Supply: What's Next?

Turkish Stream and the EU Security of Gas Supply: What’s Next?

www.europeangashub.com  | 06/05/2015 by Manfred Hafner and Simone Tagliapietra Introduction On December 1, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the energy world by announcing, during a state visit to Turkey, the demise of the long-planned South Stream pipeline project and the launch of a new project to evacuate Russian gas to Turkey and South-East Europe bypassing...
Energy Perspectives

Energy Perspectives

Statoil | June 2015 Eirik Wærness, Chief economist Long-term macro and market outlook June 2015 2015 is an important year. It will give signals about global decision makers’ ability to agree on an effective climate policy that might lead to real progress, or not. We might see Western sanctions against Iran lifted. Relations between Cuba and...
Iran and Russia: A new alignment?

Iran and Russia: A new alignment?

www.NEWSBASE.com| May 2015 A NewsBase Research Briefing   Iran is home to around 34 tcm of gas, but at present it lacks extra production capacity for export. FOR the past 30 years, Iran has lived in a more or less self-imposed geopolitical isolation. From Tehran, the view has been of a hostile US, its no-less...
The Outlook for Azerbaijani Gas Supplies to Europe:

The Outlook for Azerbaijani Gas Supplies to Europe:

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies | June 2015 Gulmira Rzayeva, OIES Research Associate The Outlook for Azerbaijani Gas Supplies to Europe: Challenges and Perspectives Azerbaijan’s gas sector and gas production is dominated by one giant field, Shah Deniz, which is currently producing around 9 bcm/a at its plateau level. The next phase of development of...
Legal and Institutional Framework Governing Extractive Industry Sector in Iraq

Legal and Institutional Framework Governing Extractive Industry Sector in Iraq

www.iraq-businessnews.com | June 9, 2015 By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad  This is Part One of a research work commissioned by the Natural Resource Governance Institute-NRGI (USA) as part of the preparation for NRGI’s strategic plan for interlinked and complementary interventions in Iraq during the upcoming three years. The Executive Summary of the study was posted on this...
China’s New Silk Road: Implications for the US

China’s New Silk Road: Implications for the US

Shuaihua Wallace Cheng | YaleGlobal |  28 May 2015 China’s response to the so-called US pivot to Asia is to expand influence in Asia. Known as the “One Belt, One Road,” the modern-day Silk Road network “will not only enhance ‘five connections’ – trade, infrastructure, investment, capital and people – it will create a community with ‘shared...
Growing Opportunities for Private Equity in Oil and Gas

Growing Opportunities for Private Equity in Oil and Gas

www.hedgethink.com |April 1, 2015 By Kanchan Kumar, “I think this (oil prices falling) is going to be a wonderful, wonderful opportunity for us. It’s going to be one of the best opportunities we’ve had in many-many years.” This is a statement made by none other than Stephen A Schwarzman, the Chief Executive of the Blackstone...
Mehmet Ogutcu addressed The Tuft University Fletcher School’s

Mehmet Ogutcu addressed The Tuft University Fletcher School’s

The Tuft University Fletcher School’s | April 2014 REPORT Building off of “Turkey’s Turn? Perennial Linchpin or Emerging Hub?”, a conference hosted by the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC) at The Fletcher School in April 2014, this report dives into the many questions confronting Turkey today. From the government at home, to threats...
Yeni hükümete enerji programı önerisi

Yeni hükümete enerji programı önerisi

CAPİTAL Dergisi | Haziran 2015 Sayısı | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ | Enerjik Bakış | Cumhuriyet tarihinin en kritik seçimlerinden birisi ve sonrasındaki önemli kararlarla karşı karşıyayız bu ay. Dosya kabarık. Elbette yeni hükümetin başbakanını ve kabine üyelerini, ilk elde Kürt sorununun çözüm süreci, siyasi mimarinin yeniden yapılanması, ekonomideki kırılganlığın dizginlenmesi, toplumsal fay hatlarındaki keskin kırılmanın giderilmesi, bölgedeki...