Episode 15 - Turkey selling oil to the Kurds | Saudi Arabia and Russia sign LNG deal | Venezuela's woes impact Curacao
Podcast episode 15Geopolitics - Turkey and Iraq: Turkey is selling oil from the Kurds through its Ceyhan portIraq seeking talks with Turkish government to try and shut that downIraq wants to sell Kirkuk’s oil to Iran- ISIS:Destroyed Iraqi oil infrastructureRan its own fairly sophisticated oil industryTargeted airstrikes took out most of ISIS “dark” oil industry- Saudi-Russia oil dealTraditionally Saudi Arabia and Russia have not been alliesSaudi Arabia and Russia are on opposing sides in Syria, definitely in IranBut they are close in energy deals – signed big LNG deal and Russian interests hoping to invest in Aramco IPORussia and Saudi Arabia are supplying most of China’s crude oil- Egypt and IsraelHistory of war“Cold” Peace – not much economic cooperation Egypt just signed a big natural gas deal with Israeli companies to provide Egypt with natural gasBusiness is leading diplomacy…Curacao Refinery- Will Chinese firm come in and take over from PDVSA?- Would someone else come in? Curacao wants a company that will make improvements to refinery – potential opportunity for foreign companies?- Would that hurt Maduro?
