International
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…
Myanmar: Military Demands Farmers Destroy their own Homes
Aug 22, 2014
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Asian Human Rights Commission
Farmers from Ngetpyawtine village tract, Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Division, have been instructed by the Township Administrative Office to remove the houses they have built on…
India: Vietnam Renews Lease of Indian Oil Blocks in South China Sea
Aug 21, 2014
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Times of India
Vietnam has renewed India's lease of two oil blocks in the South China Sea for another year, on the eve of foreign minister Sushma Swaraj's…
South Sudan: Rebels Say Ready for Talks, Unveil Proposal for Governance
Aug 21, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
The chief negotiator for the rebel group, Taban Deng Gai, on Tuesday said they were ready to negotiate on their proposed positions with the government’s…
Iraq: Government Worried by Terrorist Ties to Oil
Aug 21, 2014
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United Press International
The Iraqi government said Wednesday it was troubled by the alleged sale of crude oil from parts of the country under the control of a…
Thailand: Coup Leaders Trigger Oil Investment Rush Into Burma
Aug 21, 2014
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The Irrawaddy
The military takeover in Thailand is prompting a new push by the country’s oil companies to press for business in Burma, an industry analyst said.
The…
Myanmar: Karenni State Villagers Ask Min Aung Hlaing to Let Them Farm
Aug 21, 2014
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DVB Media
Local villagers in Karenni State’s Hpruso Township sent a letter to Burma’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing for permission to farm on land that was…
Myanmar: Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village
Aug 21, 2014
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The Irrawaddy
About 300 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Shan State’s Kyaythee Township plan to submit a petition asking the Burmese Army to withdraw from their…
Myanmar: Farmers Sentenced to 8 Months for Mandalay Plough Protest
Aug 21, 2014
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DVB Media
Local farmers from Mandalay Division’s Sintgai Township were sentenced to prison terms of up to eight months on Tuesday under charges of trespassing and destroying…