Middle East Archive

• 0May 7, 2013

  As Kurds Gain Power, Baghdad May be Ready to Deal

  by Jen Alic As the Iraqi Kurds boost their bargaining power with their first unilateral sale of crude oil on...
• 0April 9, 2013

  Gas Starts Flowing from Israel’s Levant Basin, What Now?

  by Jen Alic The first gas has started flowing from Israel’s supergiant Tamar gasfield in the Levant Basin. Where it...
• 0March 29, 2013

  Turkey Takes Advantage of Cyprus Desperation

  by Jen Alic for Oilprice.com As the geopolitical game over Mediterranean hydrocarbons heats up, Turkey has suspended energy deals with...
• 0March 29, 2013

  US Training Rebels in Jordan: Get the Story Straight

  by Jen Alic for Oilprice.com US media are now reporting what everyone else has known for some time: American special...
• 0November 6, 2012

  US to Overtake Saudi Arabia? Skewing the Oil Stats

  The headline-sweeping news led by the Associated Press this week to the effect that the US is poised to overtake...
• 0May 16, 2012

  Washington Not Equipped to Deal with Yemen

  By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com As the US launches airstrikes on al-Qaeda targets in Yemen after a thwarted suicide bombing...