Oil | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 101
Stoppage of Kurdish north oil exports confirmed
North Oil Company confirmed that the Kurdish government stopped exporting oil through the main Iraqi pipeline to Turkey. The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the stoppage was due to political conflict. Kurdish oil expor... Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran
Iraq’s Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. "... Obama Clears Way for Sanctions on Banks in Iran Oil Trade
U.S. President Barack Obama cleared the way for sanctions aimed at banks in countries that import Iranian oil, the latest U.S. step to ratchet up pressure on the government in Tehran over its nuclear program. The pres... Iran, South Africa to circumvent sanctions in oil trade
Iran and South Africa held talks in Tehran on Saturday to explore ways to circumvent the western sanctions on oil trade with the Islamic Republic, Mehr news agency reported. Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi met with... Total eyes 200bn unfound oil barrels in Egypt, Libya
Total SA is planning to explore for oil and natural gas off the coasts of Libya and Egypt, a region that may hold as much as 200bn barrels of oil equivalent, a company official said. The Paris-based company will drill... Iraq cuts oil exports to Jordan by almost half
Iraq’s crude oil exports to Jordan have dropped to 6,000 barrels per day (bpd), an official said. Director general for State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Fallah Jasem al-Ameri said that instead of 10,000 bp... Turkey sticks with Iran oil after Saudi talks
Turkey has no plans to cut its imports of Iranian oil, remaining a rare loyal customer of Tehran despite rising pressure from international sanctions and initial signals it may buy more Saudi oil, Turkish and Saudi so... Iraq-Turkey oil exports resume after blast
Iraq has resumed oil exports via an undamaged pipeline to Turkey after they were cut by an explosion in the country’s northern neighbour, officials said on Monday. About a quarter of Iraqi oil exports are routed... 
