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Globes English - Israel buys most oil smuggled from ISIS territory - report - 30/11/2015 - Globes correspondent
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Israel has become the main buyer for oil from ISIS controlled territory, reports “al-Araby al-Jadeed.”

Kurdish and Turkish smugglers are transporting oil from ISIS controlled territory in Syria and Iraq and selling it to Israel, according to several reports in the Arab and Russian media. An estimated 20,000-40,000 barrels of oil are produced daily in ISIS controlled territory generating $1-1.5 million daily profit for the terrorist organization.

The oil is extracted from Dir A-Zur in Syria and two fields in Iraq and transported to the Kurdish city of Zakhu in a triangle of land near the borders of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Israeli and Turkish mediators come to the city and when prices are agreed, the oil is smuggled to the Turkish city of Silop marked as originating from Kurdish regions of Iraq and sold for $15-18 per barrel (WTI and Brent Crude currently sell for $41 and $45 per barrel) to the Israeli mediator, a man in his 50s with dual Greek-Israeli citizenship known as Dr. Farid. He transports the oil via several Turkish ports and then onto other ports, with Israel among the main destinations.

In August, the “Financial Times” reported that Israel obtained 75% of its oil supplies from Iraqi Kurdistan. More than a third of such exports go through the port of Ceyhan, which the FT describe as a “potential gateway for ISIS-smuggled crude."

Vers un accord au sujet du contentieux maritime israëlo-libanais ?
Lebanon : The Oil & Gas Week, November 11, 2013 | Middle East Strategic Perspectives
►http://www.mestrategicperspectives.com/2013/11/10/lebanon-the-oil-gas-week-november-11-2013

The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel was the subject of increased attention since the publication of an article in the Israeli business magazine Globes on 29/10 claiming that Israel rejected a US compromise, although the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to comment on the subject. In an interesting development, a Lebanese official source talking to Lebanese daily Assafir on 31/10 denied the claim. The “Lebanese official source” is likely to be caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil, who told Assafir on 02/11 that the news about Israel rejecting the US compromise is incorrect.

The leak comes at a time the US initiative is said to have reached an advanced stage. The quick denial by a Lebanese minister is significant and indicates Lebanon seems to be satisfied with the US initiative and would like it to proceed. The leak also coincides with a resumption of tension between Lebanon and Israel on multiple fronts.

Vers un accord au sujet du contentieux maritime israëlo-libanais ?
Lebanon : The Oil & Gas Week, November 11, 2013 | Middle East Strategic Perspectives
►http://www.mestrategicperspectives.com/2013/11/10/lebanon-the-oil-gas-week-november-11-2013

The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel was the subject of increased attention since the publication of an article in the Israeli business magazine Globes on 29/10 claiming that Israel rejected a US compromise, although the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to comment on the subject. In an interesting development, a Lebanese official source talking to Lebanese daily Assafir on 31/10 denied the claim. The “Lebanese official source” is likely to be caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil, who told Assafir on 02/11 that the news about Israel rejecting the US compromise is incorrect.

The leak comes at a time the US initiative is said to have reached an advanced stage. The quick denial by a Lebanese minister is significant and indicates Lebanon seems to be satisfied with the US initiative and would like it to proceed. The leak also coincides with a resumption of tension between Lebanon and Israel on multiple fronts.

Toutefois, les choses ne sont pas si simples et les différences de vue entre forces politiques locales - sans parler du gouvernement syrien - existent aussi :

Baath Party MP and member of the Energy and Water Committee at the Parliament, Assem Qanso warned that once exploration licenses are awarded “caretaker PM Najib Mikati, MP Walid Joumblat and caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil and others” will amass billions of dollars. The pro-Syrian regime MP slammed the “sectarian” Petroleum Administration, established with “the sole purpose of sharing profits”. Qanso believes that the absence of a petroleum ministry facilitates the embezzlement of billions of dollars. The subtle messages that one can extract from Qanso’s declarations recently is that pro-Syrian regime factions expect to recover some of their lost political influence, and they prefer to hold up oil and gas exploration until a more favorable government is in place.

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Feu vert d’Israël à l’exploitation du pétrole sur le Golan - Le Nouvel Observateur
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Israël a autorisé des forages de pétrole sur le plateau du Golan syrien occupé au risque de s’attirer des condamnations internationales, rapporte jeudi 21 février le quotidien « Yediot Aharonot ».

Une licence d’exploitation a été attribuée à l’entreprise israélo-américaine Genie, présidée par Effi Eitam, un ancien ministre d’extrême droite installé sur le Golan, selon le quotidien populaire.

Le journal économique « Globes » rapporte pour sa part que le magnat ultra-conservateur des médias Rupert Murdoch fait partie des actionnaires et que l’ancien vice-président américain républicain Dick Cheney est un conseiller du projet.

« Attribuer une licence d’exploitation pour le forage (de pétrole) sur le Golan pourrait provoquer un tollé international en raison du fait que la communauté internationale considère le Golan comme un territoire syrien occupé », estime le quotidien « Globes ».

Un territoire occupé depuis 1967

Selon le « Yediot », Israël avait interrompu il y a 20 ans les recherches exploratoires de pétrole sur le plateau du Golan, pris en 1967 à la Syrie, à la suite des accords israélo-palestiniens d’Oslo entre Israël et les Palestiniens. Le porte-parole du ministre de l’Energie n’a pu être joint pour commenter ces informations.

Israël occupe depuis 1967 quelque 1.200 km2 du plateau du Golan qu’il a annexés, une décision que n’a jamais reconnue la communauté internationale, et construit une nouvelle barrière le long de la ligne de cessez-le-feu avec la Syrie.