International
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…
Myanmar: Arakan Has Solved Only 17 Land Confiscated Cases
Aug 25, 2014
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Narinjara
Only few land confiscated cases have been resolved by the authority in Arakan. Statistics reveal that 17 out of 212 land confiscated cases were solved…
Iraq: Approving a Hydrocarbon Law is Key to Iraq's Future
Aug 25, 2014
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Al-Monitor
Nouri al-Maliki and the Islamic Dawa Party took office in Iraq eight years ago. Oil revenues topped $41 billion in 2007 and rose to nearly $86…
Iraq/ Syria: USD 2m a Day in Oil Smuggled Out of Iraq, Syria by ISIL
Aug 25, 2014
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Zawya
An estimated 30,000 barrels of crude oil is being smuggled daily out of Iraq and Syria by members of the ISIL and sold on the…
Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State's Bootleg Petro-State May Prove Unsustainable
Aug 25, 2014
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Al-Jazeera
With up to $2 million in daily revenue from black market oil, the Islamic State insurgency not only holds sway over swathes of Syria and…
South Sudan: Industrialization and Global Value Chains in South Sudan
Aug 25, 2014
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Afribiz
Developing domestic production and exports in the non-oil sectors is important for South Sudan’s drive for industrialization, yet its participation in global value chains (GVCs)…
South China Sea: PLA Reports Maritime Drill Near Vietnam Simulating Threat to Oil Rig
Aug 25, 2014
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South China Morning Post
The People's Liberation Army recently staged a drill in waters close to Vietnam in the South China Sea, simulating a scenario in which an oil…
South China Sea: India Examining Vietnam’s South China Sea Oil Blocks Offer
Aug 25, 2014
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The Times of India
Vietnam on Monday made a strong pitch for greater Indian involvement in maintaining maritime safety, security and settlement of territorial disputes in the disputed South…
Conflict Minerals: Jewelry Leaders and CEOs Join Enough Project in Conflict Gold Solutions Forum
Aug 22, 2014
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Enough Project
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa has been entrenched in conflict for nearly 20 years. Militias control artisanal…
Turkey: Turkey Suspends Oil Drilling in Iraq Amid Tension
Aug 22, 2014
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Today's Zaman
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız told reporters in Ankara on Thursday that the state-run Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) decided to suspend drilling in six oil…
Uganda: Residents Commit to Fighting Land Grabbers
Aug 22, 2014
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New Vision
The district chairperson Anthony Atubo, who led the residents, said land is life and nobody can live comfortably without it.
“Land is a major factor…