Council on Foreign Relations (blog)Unraveling the Oil Geopolitics Intertwined in the Kurdish Independence ReferendumCouncil on Foreign Relations (blog)The area surrounding the Kirkuk oil field houses many different regional peoples, including Arab, Kurdish …

ReutersIraqi PM presses case for Baghdad to receive Kurdistan oil revenueReutersSeeking to control the oil income from the autonomous Kurdish region is central to Abadi's strategy after the Kurdish referendum on independence held on Monday. The Kurdist …

Pensions & InvestmentsCOMMENTARY: Investing in oil for now, the next year and the next decadePensions & InvestmentsThe volatility in the price of oil this year has thrown the complexities of investing in the oil sector into sharp relief. After almost three …

Yahoo FinanceFive Oil Producers Thriving in the Booming Permian BasinYahoo FinanceRegardless of the commodity's price movement though, one oil-producing region that continues to attract investors is the low-cost Permian Basin spread over west Texas and …

Press release: EFTA Surveillance Authority launches investigation into Norwegian oil and gas exploration subsidiesBellonaBRUSSELS – Following the Bellona Foundation's complaint in August 2017, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has launched an inves …

Financial PostImmature Quebec needs to grow up and get real about oilFinancial PostThe Quebec government has just published its proposed regulations on oil drilling. This 270-page document establishes the “strictest regulatory framework in North America,” …

ReutersTurkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds back independenceReutersERBIL/ISTANBUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkey threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds on Thursday after they backed independence from Baghdad in a ref …

Reuters'We have the tap': Turkey's Erdogan threatens oil flow from Iraq's Kurdish areaReutersHABUR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the …

Open DemocracyPKK music: engineering a social revolutionOpen DemocracyMany are the reservations and criticisms that have been directed at the PKK since its inception. However, it is worth saying that the party has had a unique experience in the Kurdish pol …

BloombergOil Drillers Growing Again After Losing Half-Million JobsBloombergMore than three quarters of the 440,131 oil jobs eliminated around the world through the end of 2016 came from the oilfield service providers, drilling contractors and equipment mak …