Global Energy Advisory June 17th 2016

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict

• Unknown gunmen attacked two Iranian cargo trailers in Turkey’s southeastern region on Wednesday night, setting fire to the trucks, according to Iranian officials.

• The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) recent statements that the Iraqi Kurds would resume joint exports if the Iraqi central government would guarantee it $1 billion in revenues a month, is being considered in Baghdad as nothing more than a publicity stunt as the the Kurds gear up for an independence referendum. Baghdad says no new deals are being discussed between Erbil and the central government.

• With the support of Russian air strikes, the Syrian Arab Army claims to have liberated two strategic targets from ISIS that return control of oil and gas reserves in the east Homs region to…