Kurdish Policy Analysis

 How Kurdish Energy Could Reshape Middle Eastern Energy Politics?      Energy has long been one of the central drivers of power and influence in the Middle East. While traditional producers such as Saudi Arabia , Iran , and Iraq dominate global attention, a quieter but increasingly significant energy actor is emerging in northern Iraq: the Kurdistan Region of Iraq . With considerable oil and gas reserves and a strategic geographic position, Kurdish energy resources could reshape regional energy politics and influence future energy routes between the Middle East and Europe. A Growing Energy Producer Over the past two decades, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has developed a growing energy sector that has attracted major international energy companies. Oil fields around Erbil , Duhok , and Kirkuk have become central to the region’s economic development. Kurdish authorities have signed energy agreements with foreign firms, enabling the region to export oil independently ...

     ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Baghdad is in talks with Erbil to export some of Kirkuk’s oil through the Kurdistan Region’s pipelines with Turkey, Iraq’s oil minister said Saturday, while a senior Kurdish official said that the federal government must lift the trade embargo on the Region before an agreement can be reached.    Iraqi oil minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani told The New Region that federal government is in talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to transfer oil from the Region’s pipelines to    Kirkuk’s Ceyhan pipeline, which flows into Turkey, to resume exports from the key conduit.   Since the US and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran in late February, Tehran in retaliation has targeted neighbouring countries and shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway responsible for one fifth of the world’s oil.    Iraq has been severely affected by the disruption in oil transport through the Gulf.   ...