Amos Hochstein

Expert Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why Biden administration officials like Amos Hochstein, who are encouraging Iraqi Kurds to sell oil to Turkey, are doing not only Iraq, but Iraqi Kurds and US interests from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean a disservice.

Two Saudi officials told The Associated Press the Saudi energy minister informed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, of the kingdom's commitment to the group's current roadmap of cautious monthly  increases. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief journalists.

The amount of oil smuggled into Turkey from areas of Syria controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is economically insignificant, the United States said on Dec. 4, after Moscow accused Ankara of profiting from the trade.

The U.S. has adjusted its policy in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), turning its focus on targets, including energy infrastructure facilities, that are more difficult to replace, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein has said. 

Bulgaria's government is to issue guarantees worth BGN 215 M (EUR 109 M) for the Interconnector Greece-Bulgarai (IGB) project in 2016, the cabinet's press office has said.

The decision, announced at a Wednesday cabinet meeting, has turned IGB into the single state-guaranteed investment project for which the government will secure funding by taking out more loans.

Serbian Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic has met with U.S. State Department's Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein.

The two officials discussed the cooperation between Serbia and the U.S. in the energy sector, diversification of energy supply and sources, and improvement of Serbia's energy security, the Ministry said.

The construction of a new generating unit at Bulgaria's sole Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) will cost USD 5.3 B.

The price had been specified diring a meeting between Energy MinisterTemenuzhka Petkova and the visiting Special Envoy to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Amos Hochstein, according to BGNES.

The advancement in the construction of the Southern Gas Corridor - the interconnecting pipe between Bulgaria, Greece and other neighboring countries are among the main topics of discussion between US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.

Special Envoy to the US Foreign Secretary John Kery, Amos Hochstein will be arriving in Bulgaria Wednesday.

During his visit in Sofia, Hochstein will be received by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and by Prime Minister Boiko Borisov.

Energy Minister Panayiotis Lafazanis on Friday hit back angrily at comments by US energy official Amos Hochstein maintaining that the potential extension of Russia?s as yet unbuilt TurkStream gas pipeline through Greece could create a ?problem area.?