Illicit trafficking is a global threat. It concerns a wide range of merchandises including weapons, drugs, pharmaceutical products, software, luxury products, tobacco, in addition to human trafficking. Benefits from illicit products could be partially or, in certain cases, entirely used …
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L’Etat Islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL, ISIS, Daesh) n’est toujours pas, officiellement, sur la liste turque des organisations terroristes. Cette liste comprend, depuis quelques jours seulement, Jabhat al-Nusra, filiale régionale d’al-Qaëda sur le sol syrien surtout, et qui …
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According to Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraqi Kurdistan will start exporting oil to Turkey via pipeline “before Christmas”. The move is expected to have major geopolitical implications, with possible threats to Iraq’s cohesion. We …
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Lebanon – Pre-qualification round:
In accordance with the Ministry’s schedule, caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference on 18/04, at the Petroleum Administration’s office, to announce the list of companies that qualified and are eligible to participate in …
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An article published in Al-Akhbar by Nasser Charara [Link in Arabic. French translation here] on November 13 looks at the Syrian crisis through energy geopolitics. The author refers to leaks emanating from a “western oil giant” to conclude that …
Mona Sukkarieh.
Three thousand four hundred billion cubic meters of recoverable natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil have brought attention to the Levant Basin and the countries surrounding it, a region mired in conflicts and whose strategic …
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Iraqi oil production is expected to reach 3.5 million barrels a day by the end of the year and Baghdad plans to triple the production in the next few years. Whether this is an accessible target or not, most of …
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Two pipelines in the middle east were the target of explosions over the week-end. The Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Jordan and Israel was hit on Sunday 22/07 near the town of El-Arish at a point before it splits …
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Mona Sukkarieh.
The Kurdish Regional Government begun exporting crude oil by truck to Turkey earlier this month (07/2012) in a move that infuriated Baghdad, which claims exclusive rights for exporting energy. In May 2012, Turkey and the Kurdish Regional Government, …
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منى سكرية
بين الكويت والعراق، بات التوتّر واقعًا متكررًا. وآخر مصادره يرتبط بخطط الكويت التي تقضي ببناء ميناء تبلغ قيمته 1.1 مليار دولار أميركي قبالة سواحل العراق على جزيرة بوبيان. مُنح العقد لبناء ميناء مبارك الكبير، الذي سُمّي تيمّنًا بمؤسس …
Par Fadi Assaf.
La Syrie vit, pratiquement, une guerre civile. Une guerre qui a, certes, des ramifications régionales et internationales. Selon une lecture partisane, il s’agit d’une guerre pour le pouvoir, menée par une majorité sunnite portée par les espoirs …
Moyen-Orient – Afrique du Nord (MENA) : Où s’arrêtera l’effet domino ? Read More »
The 3.3 billion USD Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, built by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, was inaugurated on 21/06, with a capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (which can be increased to 1.8m bpd), or the equivalent of ≈ 70% …
The Habshan-Fujairah pipeline: Crucial on all levels Read More »