APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from September 2008

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from September 2008

Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 31 - Iraq & Better US Exit Options.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2008... When this series began on Jan. 26, 2004, APS Energy Group had expectations that the petroleum-rich countries of the Greater Middle East (GME) and OPEC were finally to begin focusing on the non-oil sector of their economy. We outlined the survey...

The US Exit Options.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2008... The real motives behind the US invasion of Iraq relate to a strategy having a much broader perspective than that of the GME. This strategy is based on a projection of the US as the "midwife" for the birth of a super-triangle to stretch from...

Petraeus Leaves.
September 22, 2008... The night before Army Lt Gen David Petraeus turned US command in Iraq over to his deputy Army Lt Gen Raymond Odierno, a group of senior American officers gathered at Camp Victory to say goodbye. Writing in Beirut's Daily Star of Sept. 18, US...

US Lawmakers Force Cancellation Of No-Bid Oil TSAs.
September 22, 2008... An Iraqi plan to award six no-bid technical support agreements (TSAs) to Western oil majors, which came under sharp criticism from several US senators this summer, has been withdrawn. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Sept. 9 told...

The China TSA For Ahdab Oilfield.
September 22, 2008... The Maliki government on Sept. 1 said it had approved a $3 bn TSA with CNPC in a move which could signal the shape of future oil deals. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said: "The cabinet has approved a service contract to develop and...

Iran Is Worried.
September 22, 2008... Tehran has been nurturing the hope that the EU's and Asia's strategies to diversify their energy imports would eventually give impetus to the their countries to normalise their relations with Iran and that in turn would prompt them to withstand...