Gulf Keystone Petroleum Share Discussion Threads

[elcapitano100] 22/7/2022 10:07

Who's got the first dividend in the bank? I got my HL payment last Friday - but still awaiting Freetrade.Why are some platforms soooo slow?!

[lonely hermit] 22/7/2022 09:24

Sorry - should read HTTPS not HXX (not sure why the BB is changing the link details)

I can only imagine the reasons for the US getting involved!!!

[lonely hermit] 22/7/2022 09:10

US Takes An Interest In Iraq-Turkey Oil Arbitration

hxxps://www.law360.com/energy/articles/1513766

[highlander7] 22/7/2022 09:06

Its nothing to do with clown courts , its Iran using the ICG as a chess piece in the negotiations with the USA. Its not working because the Kurds have called their bluff and the ICG cant back it up because International Law does not support it.


So now a deal should be possible or are they going to damage Investor confidence in the O&G Industry just when they need it most ?

IMO.

H7

[sbb1x] 22/7/2022 09:03

Next Friday we get our pie and mash

[nestoframpers] 22/7/2022 08:55

A week Tuesday until the Bond is cleared ;o)

[jackpotjack] 22/7/2022 07:58

Look like nothing more than clown court decision being reported as de facto result.No mention of the legal ramification and billions Iraq can be sued for.

[shortsqueezer] 22/7/2022 06:05

NOR posted a link on one of his posts Post 627

[ptmorris1] 22/7/2022 02:31

Just got in from work so am a little jaded. What is this recording of Al-Maliki and where has "Baghdad has won" come from?

[bigdog5] 22/7/2022 00:08

"Irbil contest over the legality of Kurdish oil contracts and exports, Baghdad has won".

Baghdad's TSC's on the way if the Kurds want anything left of their Oil Industry imo. If not it will have to go "underground" due to all the "blacklisting" Baghdad will do.

[nestoframpers] 22/7/2022 00:05

Would be great cicero but I will believe it when i see it . Trump is playing it cool though . Biden, Ahern, Trudeau , Rutte ,Soros and Schwab in jail with Nouri Al Makiki would be top draw .

[turvart] 21/7/2022 22:54

Does anyone know the date for the Interim results this year? I see last year was 2nd September. I'm looking forward to seeing them should be some really good EPS figures etc etc.

[beernut] 21/7/2022 20:34

If true. Sorry

Another.

He’s always been anti Kurdistan.

Would be good to know he’s not in running for pm.

Leading al-Dawa figure calls for al-Maliki's resignation, the party disowns his statements
Iraq News
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Shafaq News/ A leading figure of al-Dawa party called for dismissing the incumbent secretary-general, Nouri al-Maliki, following the controversial audio recordings, and the party's media office disowns his statements.

In a statement he issued earlier today, Ali al-Allaq called for forming a committee that investigates the leaked recordings attributed to al-Maliki and attempts to start a dialogue with other Shiite parties if they were proven fabricated.

"However, if the committee failed to prove they are, we shall pursue a correctional approach...first, we shall issue a statement that disowns those statements as they do not represent the policy of the party, and only the people who made them shall be held accountable for them."

"Second, we shall hold an extraordinary emergency meeting of al-Dawa on which we change the internal law of the party, annul the article related to the secretary-general, and elect a new leadership of the party," he said.

Al-Allaq called for committing to the approach of Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and martyrs Sayyid Mohammad Baqer al-Sadr and Sayyid Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, and rebuilding the ties with the Iraqi parties.

Later, the media office of al-Dawa party issued a press release that disowns al-Allaq's statements, stressing that it only represents his own point of view and not the vision of al-Dawa party.

[beernut] 21/7/2022 20:29

Have read he could be out of true.

Experts say the audio recordings attributed to al-Maliki are not fabricated
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2022-07-21 18:15
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Shafaq News/ A team of Iraqi experts confirmed that the person speaking in the controversial audio recordings attributed to the head of the State of Law bloc, Nouri al-Maliki, is al-Maliki himself after analyzing their content.

"When the blogger Ali Fadel shared the first audio recordings attributed to the former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki on July 13, 2022, we immediately proceeded with analyzing the leaked content and did the same to the audios that followed later," a spokesperson of

"For Peace", a team of Iraqi experts specializing in uncovering deep fake technology, told Shafaq News Agency.

"Eventhough the leaked recordings were refuted repeatedly, claiming they are fabricated, our analysis proved otherwise," the team said.

"All the leaked audio recordings were consistent in terms of content. The transition between the sentences was smooth. No irregular transitions were reported, and we did not notice any cuts that imply merging audio clips."

"Throughout all the five audio recordings, the tone attributed to al-Maliki was consistent with a consistent echo with no signs of change or jamming."

"By comparing the voice attributed to al-Maliki in the recordings to previous media meetings, particularly an interview with al-Ahd tv on Wednesday July 20, 2022, we noticed a huge resemblance between the pronunciation of certain words that were mentioned in both the recordings and the interview, particularly: al-Sunna, Muqtada al-Sadr, al-Shia, and al-Tashayou'."

"Different voices speaking at different pitches is proof that the recordings are not fabricated. The voices of movement and moving chairs are another proof. These voices cannot be fabricated."

"We extensively searched for the available tools and applications that enable voice mimicry... Deepfakes were proven to be more successful at mimicking the voices of women and the voices of English speakers. We did not find any deep fakes that can mimic voices in Arabic. The audio recordings also included colloquial words that are impossible to mimic by those applications."

The team said it is waiting for the results of the official investigation of the relevant authorities and the Iraqi judiciary.

[r9505571] 21/7/2022 18:10

8 civilians including 2 children, were and 23 more people were wounded in Northern Iraq's Kurdistan region when artillery shells hit a park. Local officials blamed Turkey, which launched a new offensive in Northern Iraq in April.

[highlander7] 21/7/2022 18:03

Iraqi Business News - summary .....( might be this )

However, legalities do not prevent either side from entering a political deal that rewrites the Iraqi oil and gas law. Now obviously, the legalities contour the art of the possible in a political deal. Let’s be clear — in the Baghdad vs. Irbil contest over the legality of Kurdish oil contracts and exports, Baghdad has won. But that does not mean an end to the political negotiation. Keeping the Kurdistan Regional Government relatively satisfied — and, for that matter, keeping the 400-500 thousand barrels per day of Kurdish oil on world markets — is in Baghdad’s interest. A political deal can yet be reached.

The Kurds could send — and doubtless, have sent, though without fanfare — a lower level, more technocratic team to Baghdad to negotiate. But this approach is unlikely to produce any result, let alone the sort of result that offers real possibilities to the Kurdistan region. A technocratic team is simply not empowered to make binding decisions, and Baghdad knows that.

The Kurds have one great but as yet untapped asset — the person of Masoud Barzani, the former president and de facto patriarch. Only Masoud can go to Baghdad and hope to truly achieve a favorable result, as whatever Masoud legitimates will be unconditionally accepted by the Kurdistan region of Iraq’s citizenry.

It is difficult to overstate the gravitas and political capital that the eldest Barzani holds throughout all of Iraq. While Arab Iraqi leaders have had numerous confrontations with him over the years, he is still held in the highest respect. This point was made very powerfully to me once, when an Arab Iraqi friend of mine went to Irbil to see Masoud Barzani. When I saw pictures of the meeting, I asked my friend why he had paid such a public visit, during a politically sensitive period in which their sides were not aligned. My friend replied, “The man is a historical and important friend to me, and I am more confident in his patriotism than his Kurdishness.”

This deep regard that Arab Iraq holds for Masoud Barzani is singular, at least since the death of his political counterpart, Jelal Talabani. No other living Iraqi Kurd has this kind of gravitas, or commands this much respect from his Arab counterparts.

The legal decision against the Kurdistan Regional Government has put the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in a position of existential danger. But Masoud — and only Masoud — has an opportunity to go to Baghdad and cut a political deal. No other figure will be so welcome in Baghdad, and no other figure has the standing to make the decisions required to reach a compromise. And frankly, only Masoud himself could get a deal that would be acceptable to Masoud. Sending a lesser emissary is a guarantee of failure.

In short, there is an opportunity here, once Baghdad forms a government, to cut a grand bargain. This grand bargain will inevitably involve compromise. While such a bargain may give the three Kurdish provinces an unequal share of revenues that the Arab provinces may find unfair, it will almost certainly involve a degree of entanglement with the Federal Oil Ministry that will make Irbil uncomfortable. It will also force a degree of transparency on the Kurdistan Regional Government’s oil policies that some interests may find awkward.

“Only Nixon can go to China” metaphors are overused. But this instance may be a valid comparison. Only the author of the Kurdish independence referendum can go to Baghdad to salvage the best deal that can be had for the Kurdish oil project. As court decision after court decision begin to cascade against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s oil ministry, Barzani should make it clear that he wants to personally negotiate and then codify the inter-relationship between Baghdad and Irbil in the light of these decisions. That said, I do not believe Masoud has even been to Baghdad since the days when he sat on the Iraq Governing Council. His coming down from Irbil would be a major change in pattern — but it is from this that the gesture would draw its power. His absence from personal involvement “in the fray” for decades will highlight the seriousness of the moment in which he re-engages.

Masoud Barzani has an opportunity to cement a legacy. It may not be the legacy of Kurdish independence that he dreamt of five years ago. But a legacy of securing a privileged place for the Kurdistan region inside a unified Iraq is not nothing. Kak Masoud can still be a hero to Iraq’s Kurds by cementing their long-term financial future. It is hard to see another such opportunity on the horizon. Former President Barzani should gather all his chips, all his political capital, all his personal markers and go to Baghdad at the height of his considerable power, to cut a deal.

[shortsqueezer] 21/7/2022 17:47

Wow! Someone's confident !

[nufc9] 21/7/2022 17:41

2 x 1.5m trades at £2.10

[thebabe] 21/7/2022 17:29

Condog , he's helped me make over a millionSoon that will be 10 m plusGod bless him

[bigdog5] 21/7/2022 17:14

Just posting a balanced view with the up-to-date reality.