John V. Bowlus, PhD

BP Sells Stake in Turkey Gas Pipeline to Apollo for $1 Billion BP and Apollo have reached an agreement for Apollo-managed funds to acquire a 25% non-controlling stake in BP Pipelines (TANAP) Ltd.

Apollo is an American group www.pipeline-journal.net/news/bp-sell...

Why Biden’s Farewell Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Big Deal The US on Friday announced the most sweeping and aggressive sanctions yet on Russia’s oil trade, just ten days before Joe Biden leaves the White House to be replaced by Donald Trump as president.

Big expansion of U.S. sanctions on Russian oil exports, targeting producers, tanker owners, traders, OFS companies, and insurers. Will greatly increase the risk of doing business w/these entities. Bullish signal; Brent crude near $80/b today. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A recent piece I wrote for Kurdistan Chronicle. kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/3574

Turkish energy ministry delegation to visit Syria to discuss energy cooperation A delegation from Turkey's energy ministry will visit Syria "soon" to discuss possible energy cooperation including transmitting electricity to ease power shortages, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said late on Monday.

A clearly positve regional development. A maritime border agreement is eminently possible if there is cooperative intent. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Turkey receives waiver for gas payments to Russia from Gazprombank sanctions Turkey has received an exemption for gas payments to Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday in response to a question from Reuters.

Was likely to happen, as sensical, but nonetheless welcome news. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

My favorite remains Malcolm Kerr’s The Arab Cold War. Not “professional” or Ba’th-focused history, but great for context of origins of Ba’th. Also v short

Please, let's not wonder or debate if the Qatar-Turkey gas pipeline, which was rumored in 2011 as 'a' - even 'the' - reason for the Syrian Civil War, is now viable. The answer is no, it is not. It never was. The only energy winner here is LNG, which gains more market share every year anyway.

Turkey talking with U.S., Russia for sanctions waiver on energy imports Turkey is in talks with the United States and Russia in an attempt to secure a U.S. sanctions waiver so it can continue paying Gazprombank for Russian natural gas imports, Turkish authorities said.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...