APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from December 2007

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from December 2007

Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 22 - Iraq & Turkey's Role.
December 31, 2007... Turkey, the largest trading partner of and investor in Iraq's Kurdistan, is a NATO partner of the US and a key as well as a key corner of a strategic triangle involving American and Israeli forces. Ankara, also part of the US-led alliance in...

The Oil Factor.
December 31, 2007... The central government in Baghdad says its Oil Ministry is the sole authority for the negotiation and conclusion of any petroleum exploration and production (E&P) agreement concerning any part of Iraq. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani...

Congress Reports Big Security & Economic Improvements.
December 31, 2007... In its quarterly report to end-November, the US Congress on Dec. 19 said "significant progress" had been made in Iraq with violence having fallen in a big way. It said Iraq's economy had grown by more than 6% and that high profile attacks had...

Rice's Visit & The Kirkuk Issue.(Condoleezza Rice)
December 31, 2007... Ms Rice on Dec. 18 first flew into Kirkuk and then on to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi leaders. The visit, her first since September, came two days after dozens of Turkish warplanes and artillery struck PKK fighters in northern Iraq and coincided...

The Turkish Position On PKK & Kirkuk.
December 31, 2007... On April 12, chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said a cross-border operation into northern Iraq was necessary to better fight the PKK. It took eight months, over 200 Turkish casualties and several very important meetings...

Syria, Iraq to Reopen Oil Pipeline.
December 31, 2007... The governments of Syria and Iraq on Dec. 17 agreed to reopen the 250,000 b/d crude oil pipeline linking Kirkuk oilfields to Syria's Mediterranean port city of Banias. The pipeline should be ready within two years. Is the US behind this, to...