International
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Expand Autonomy as ISIS Reorders the Landscape
Aug 29, 2014
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Helene Cooper and Michael R. Gordon, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has thrown Iraq into crisis, precipitated the ouster of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister and…
Iraq: Chalabi Predicts Iraqi Oil Could Net IS up to $150 Million in 2014
Aug 29, 2014
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Nidal al Laythi, Al-Monitor
Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam al-Chalabi said on Aug. 27 that estimates from reliable reports confirm that the Islamic State (IS) would reap between $100-150 …
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Shipments Reach 8.8 Mln Barrels - Turkish Minister
Aug 29, 2014
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Reuters
ISTANBUL Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has shipped 8.8 million barrels of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan since May, Turkish Energy Minister…
Myanmar: No Quick Fix for Rangoon Land-Grab Victims: Govt
Aug 29, 2014
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Yen Snaing, The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Rangoon’s divisional government has said hundreds of land-grab cases brought to its attention will not be resolved by the end of its current…
Sudan: Karti Urges China to Increase Investments in Sudan’s Non-Oil Sector
Aug 29, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
August 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign minister, Ali Karti, has called on Chinese officials to increase investments in the country’s non-oil sector, while expressing…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Loses Bid to Seize Kurdish Oil Near Texas
Aug 29, 2014
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Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service
HOUSTON (CN) - Refusing to let Iraq seize 1 million barrels of oil aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge found…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Tanker with $100 Million Cargo Goes Missing off Texas Coast
Aug 29, 2014
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Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman, The Independent
An oil tanker loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared of the coast of Texas in the latest development in a…
Myanmar: Tenasserim to Allot Land for Refugees
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
Government officials of Tenasserim Division [Tanintharyi Region] claimed that refugees residing in a camp in Thailand would soon be able to return to Burma as…
Myanmar: New $480m Solar Power Project Planned
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
U.S. investors will help finance a $480 million solar power project in Myanmar's northeastern Mandalay region, which will ultimately provide up to 12 percent of…
Myanmar: Land Prices Skyrocket after Unveiling of Rangoon Development Plan
Aug 28, 2014
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DVB Media
The announcement on Friday that Rangoon’s divisional parliament had approved a proposal to implement a city expansion plan has caused land prices to skyrocket overnight…
Iraq: Jihadists Burn Three Iraq Oil Wells as Kurds Attack
Aug 28, 2014
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AFP
Retreating jihadists set three wells ablaze at a northern Iraq oil field Thursday as they battled Kurdish forces who launched a major attack nearby, officials…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Recapture Iraq Oil Fields, Advance on Rebel-Held Towns
Aug 28, 2014
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Bloomberg
Kurdish and Iraqi forces recaptured two oil fields and mounted an offensive to retake the town of Zummar, part of a broader bid to recover…
Sierra Leone: Golden Saint Reach Agreement Over Diamond Recovery in Sierra Leone
Aug 28, 2014
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London South East
Golden Saint Resources Ltd Thursday said four yellow stones have been discovered by its Sierra Leone subsidiary, Golden Saint Diamonds.
The company said four yellow stones…
Iraq: Iraq to Appeal US Court Decision on Kurdish Oil
Aug 28, 2014
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Reuters
The Iraqi oil ministry said on Aug. 28 it would challenge a U.S. court decision that stopped U.S. Marshals from seizing some one million barrels…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Solar Ambitions Kickstarted With $480 Million ACO Pact
Aug 28, 2014
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Cathy Chan, Bloomberg
Myanmar will expand its sources of clean energy through an agreement with ACO Investment Group, a U.S.-based private-equity fund focusing on Asian emerging markets, to…
Indonesia/ Timor Leste: State Firms to Set Up Joint Venture on Oil, Gas Development
Aug 27, 2014
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Global Post
Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina planned to establish a join venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil and gas…
Iraq: Access to Oil Makes ‘Islamic State’ a Greater Threat than Al-Qaeda
Aug 27, 2014
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Investor Intel
Iran, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf region and North Africa discovered oil in the first half of the 20th century. They used the…
India/Pakistan: Skirmishes Put Feeling of Wartime on India-Pakistan Border
Aug 27, 2014
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Ellen Barry and Salman Masood, New York Times
JORA FARM, India — The habits of wartime have crept back into life here along the border between India and Pakistan.In the mornings, villagers stitch…
India/ Pakistan: Fishermen Cross an Imperceptible Line into Enemy Waters
Aug 26, 2014
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The New York Times
Fishermen bustled through a ramshackle harbor, a knot of narrow streets and one-room houses on the edge of Karachi, as they prepared to set out…
Extractive Industries: UK Unveils Draft Rule on Extractive Industry Disclosure
Aug 26, 2014
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The Wall Street Journal
The U.K. unveiled draft rules on Thursday governing how oil, gas, mining and logging companies would disclose the payments they make to foreign governments for…
Iraq: Security Forces Repulse Militants' Attack on Baiji Oil Refinery
Aug 26, 2014
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ITAR-TASS News Agency
Iraq's security forces have managed to repulse an attack launched by militants of the Islamic State grouping on the country's largest oil refinery at Baiji,…
Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State Now Resembles the Taliban With Oil Fields
Aug 26, 2014
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Bloomberg
With its reign of terror over a large population and ability to self-finance on a staggering scale, the extremist group that beheaded American journalist James…
Palestine: Water Delivery Drivers Dice with Death in War-Torn Gaza
Aug 26, 2014
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Yahoo News
Mohammed al-Khatib fears for his life every time he gets behind the wheel. In wartime, providing drinking water to homes and schools in Gaza means…
South Sudan: Addressing Community Concerns Around Oil, Gas and Mining in South Sudan
Aug 26, 2014
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Cordaid
Cordaid and the Ministry are concerned with the plights of the communities impacted by oil extraction in South Sudan. Albeit endowed with significant reserves of…
Iraq/ Kurdistan: Kurds Get Seizure Order Thrown Out for Texas Oil Tanker
Aug 26, 2014
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Bloomberg News
The Kurdistan Regional Government can bring $100 million of crude ashore in Texas after a U.S. judge threw out a court order that would have required federal…
South China Sea: Remote, Gas-rich Islands on Indonesia’s South China Sea Frontline
Aug 26, 2014
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The Malay Mail
The word “sleepy” could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia’s remote and sparsely populated Natuna archipelago.
It has few cars and only…
Myanmar: Ye Farmers Forced to Accept Unfair Land Compensation
Aug 26, 2014
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Burma News International
In a recent meeting with the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society’s Farmers’ Affairs Committee, many farmers from Mon State’s Ye Township expressed their dismay…
Myanmar: Is Mergui Archipelago Tourism a Force for Good?
Aug 26, 2014
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The Telegraph
Beyond the guard rail of the yacht I was sailing on lay the same islands – still lonely, still largely untouched by civilisation though from…
Iraq: Government Eyes Bulgarian Invention to Protect Oil Pipelines from Attack
Aug 25, 2014
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Novinite
Iraq is working on a project for protecting its oil pipelines against terrorist attacks that uses Bulgarian know-how, Iraq’s Ambassador in Sofia has said.
In an interview with…
Vietnam: Chinese Firms’ Contract for Hydropower Project Terminated
Aug 25, 2014
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Global Construction Review
The operator of a multimillion-dollar hydropower project in Vietnam has terminated the contract with two Chinese firms for their failure to build the scheme as…