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Iraq 2016 outlook: Reality bites
The Petroleum Economist | 25th Nov 2016 By: Luay Al-Khatteeb Since 2003, Iraq’s policy-makers had taken the optimistic view –high oil prices were here to stay and the international oil companies contracted to develop the country’s huge southern oilfields would meet their plateau targets, originally around 12 million barrels a day by 2017. It is clear...

What the world needs to ensure energy security
World Economic Forum | Nov 4 2015 By Abdullah M. Al-Shehri and Julian Popov This article is published in collaboration with Project Syndicate. For decades, the international energy landscape has been relatively stable, with producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Algeria selling oil and gas to consumers in the United States and Europe. In a...

Political Feasibility of Israeli Natural Gas Exports to Turkey
Memorandum 144 | The Institute For National Security Studies | Tel Aviv University November 2014 Oded Eran, Dan Vardi, and Itamar Cohen In its June 23, 2013 meeting, the government of Israel approved the export of some 40 percent of the country’s natural gas reserves and the retention of 540 billion cubic meters (BCM) for local consumption....

The Political and Commercial Dynamics of Russia’s Gas Export Strategy
The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Paper: NG 102 | September 2015 James Henderson & Tatiana Mitrova* Preface Russia has long been regarded as the world’s pre-eminent gas producer, both by virtue of its reserves base and the central role played by Gazprom, its state-owned ‘gas champion’ in the ‘matrix’ of domestic supply and consumption,...

FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK
By Ian Walker Energy players are in a painful place at the moment, with companies and governments tightening their belts as the price of oil remains low. The winners in the current scenario, of course, are those who neither produce nor sell energy. But things are coming to a head and we are all likely...

Öğütçü: Kürt Meselesinin Çözümünde Enerji Politikaları Büyük Önem Arz Ediyor
Haberimport | Cihan Haber Ajansı | 10.07.2012 Türk enerji uzmanı Mehmet Öğütçü, Türkiye’nin enerji politikalarını ve dünyadaki enerji alanındaki son durumu Cihan Haber Ajansı’na değerlendirdi. Başbakanlığı döneminde Turgut Özal’a danışmanlık yapan Öğütçü, dünyaca ünlü bir çok enerji kurum ve kuruluşunda görev yapmanın yanı sıra, dünyanın önde gelen enerji şirketlerine danışmanlık yapmaya devam ediyor. Arap Baharı...

BEC Başkanı Öğütçü’nün Star Gazetesi Yazarı Ercan Baysal’a verdiği röportajın tam metni…
Aşağıdaki metin, BEC Başkanı Mehmet Öğütçü’nün, Star Gazetesi yazarı Ercan Baysal’a 14 Eylul 2015 ‘te verdiği röportajın tam metnidir. Ercan Baysal: Dünya’da yeni bir “Enerji Oyunu” var mı? Son 10 yılda tanık olduğumuz inanılmaz süratteki yeni dinamikler nedeniyle enerjide alışageldiğimiz “oyun”, eski oyuncuların yazdığı “oyunun kuralları” ve ülke, şirketler bazında “oyuncular” değişti, hala değişmeye devam ediyor. Ve bu...

International Energy Forum to Elect New Head
Energy Intelligence | International Oil Daily | Vol.10, No: 105, | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 The 86-nation International Energy Forum (IEF), established 20 years ago in Riyadh to foster producer-consumer dialogue, is set this week to choose a new secretary-general. As the clock winds down to the vote in Vienna on Wednesday, a week before...

FINANCING GAS PROJECTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
The German Marshall Fund of the United States | FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY PAPER SERIES | July 2015 Anastasios Giamouridis | Nikos Tsafos Preface In this paper, Tassos Giamouridis and Nikos Tsafos provide a detailed assessment of the factors that influence investment in gas and related infrastructure projects worldwide with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean....

The interview Mehmet Ogutcu gave to Energy Exchange in London
The Energy Exchange | Clarion Events | 29 Tem 2015 The interview Mehmet Ogutcu gave to Energy Exchange in London. Click to watch:

National Renewable Energy Action Plan For Turkey
The Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and Yenilenebilir Enerji Genel Müdürlüğü, has carried out the National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the period 2013-2023. The Directive 2009/28/EC of The European Parliament and of The Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and...

A new Route for Russian Gas, Bypassing Ukraine-Through Turkey Policies and Prospects
Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies | Articles | 2015 No:39 Liana Jervalidze During his visit to Turkey on 1 December 2014, President Putin announced Russia’s decision to discontinue the South Stream project since the initiative failed to gain the support of the European Union. Moreover, Mr Putin declared Russia and Turkey’s joint willingness to construct...

Caspian Oil & Gas: New Perspectives Beyond Projects and pipelines
Clingendael International Energy Programme | CIEP Paper 2014 | 01 Christof Van Agt INTRODUCTION Achievements¹: With the decision to export Caspian gas to the EU via the Trans-Anatolian and Trans-Adriatic Pipelines, the era of investment in strategic oil and gas infrastructure, launched in the nineties, is drawing to a close. Caspian oil exports are flowing to...

Foreign banks ignite an oil war in Iraqi Kurdistan
Ekurd Daily | July 18, 2015 By John Dizard LONDON,— One of the most annoying aspects of the Greece/ Grexit story over the past several months is the pretentious use of military metaphors by a collection of soft-handed politicians and commentators. Attending meetings in Brussels is a “war”. Facing television cameras is a “battle”. Just to...

Iran after the (Potential) Nuclear Deal: What’s Next for the Country’s Natural Gas Market?
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei 2014.031 NOTE DI LAVORO Authors: Simone Tagliapietra Series: Energy: Resources and Markets Keywords: Iran gas market, International gas markets, World energy outlook, Nuclear talks JEL n.: Q40, Q42, Q48 Abstract Iran is the perennial “elephant in the room” of international gas trade. The country could well become, one day, a major...

Enerji devi uyanıyor
Hürriyet Gazetesi | 15 Temmuz 2015 Merve ERDİL / ANALİZ Ortadoğu ve enerji piyasaları açısından dün tarihi bir gelişme yaşandı ve İran ile P5+1 ülkeleri arasında anlaşmaya varıldı. Anlaşmayla beraber petrol fiyatlarında yaşanacak olası bir düşüşün Türkiye için müjdeli haber olduğu söylenebilir. İlerleyen aşamalardaysa, Türkiye’nin İran’dan aldığı petrol ve gaz artabilir. İran’dan aldığımız petrol miktarının...