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Iraq: Kurdish Tanker Leaves Texas
Can't be 100% sure, but it seems like they left without offloading...
August 28, 2014 | 1310 GMT
An oil tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil from Iraq's Kurdish region left the coast of Texas near Galveston where it was been for more than one month, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said, Kurdnet News reported Aug. 28. A U.S. court rejected an order Aug. 25 and determined the U.S. government could not seize the tanker's crude oil because it was outside of territorial waters.
August 28, 2014 | 1310 GMT
An oil tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil from Iraq's Kurdish region left the coast of Texas near Galveston where it was been for more than one month, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said, Kurdnet News reported Aug. 28. A U.S. court rejected an order Aug. 25 and determined the U.S. government could not seize the tanker's crude oil because it was outside of territorial waters.
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Oil tanker 'vanishes' with $100M cargo off Texas
4:50 p.m. CDT August 31, 2014
The U.S. Coast Guard has lost track of a Kurdish tanker carrying $100 million in disputed oil off the coast of Texas, the Independent reports.
Headed for Galveston, the United Kalavyrvta was anchored at least 60 miles off-shore when it vanished from radar screens. The ship's haul fell under legal dispute when Iraq filed a lawsuit in U.S. courts, urging American officials to grab the ship's oil in Galveston because it belongs to Iraq, not the Kurdish National Government.
But Kurds say it's theirs, and insist they need oil-export dollars to survive and fund their future independence, the Washington Post reports.
In any case, a U.S. court denied the lawsuit Monday because America has no jurisdiction over ships more than 60 miles off the coast.
Meanwhile, the United Kalavyrvta may have moved beyond U.S. antennas or could be suffering technical problems, the U.S. Coast Guard says (or maybe it "voluntarily switched off its transmitter," says the Daily News).
It's not unusual for ships to vanish from radar systems when transporting disputed oil, Reuters notes: A few days ago, a Kamari ship with Kurdish oil "went dark" near Egypt's Sinai and turned up near Israel two days later, its oil gone.
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/world/2014/08/31/oil-tanker-vanishes-with-100m-cargo-off-texas/14908867/
The U.S. Coast Guard has lost track of a Kurdish tanker carrying $100 million in disputed oil off the coast of Texas, the Independent reports.
Headed for Galveston, the United Kalavyrvta was anchored at least 60 miles off-shore when it vanished from radar screens. The ship's haul fell under legal dispute when Iraq filed a lawsuit in U.S. courts, urging American officials to grab the ship's oil in Galveston because it belongs to Iraq, not the Kurdish National Government.
But Kurds say it's theirs, and insist they need oil-export dollars to survive and fund their future independence, the Washington Post reports.
In any case, a U.S. court denied the lawsuit Monday because America has no jurisdiction over ships more than 60 miles off the coast.
Meanwhile, the United Kalavyrvta may have moved beyond U.S. antennas or could be suffering technical problems, the U.S. Coast Guard says (or maybe it "voluntarily switched off its transmitter," says the Daily News).
It's not unusual for ships to vanish from radar systems when transporting disputed oil, Reuters notes: A few days ago, a Kamari ship with Kurdish oil "went dark" near Egypt's Sinai and turned up near Israel two days later, its oil gone.
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/world/2014/08/31/oil-tanker-vanishes-with-100m-cargo-off-texas/14908867/
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Disputed Kurdish oil tanker mysteriously goes dark off Texas coast
Hmm ... sounds like there is more to this than is being said. IF they were indeed free to deliver their oil as has been implied, why turn off your transponders and hide? Where are they headed? Lots of questions not many answers.
By Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman
HOUSTON Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - A tanker near Texas loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared from satellite tracking, the latest development in a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse between Baghdad and the Kurds.
The AIS ship tracking system used by the U.S. Coast Guard and Reuters on Thursday showed no known position for the United Kalavrvta, which was carrying 1 million barrels of crude and 95 percent full when it went dark.
Several other tankers carrying disputed crude from Iran or Iraqi Kurdistan have unloaded cargoes after switching off their transponders, which makes their movements hard to track.
Days ago, the partially full Kamari tanker carrying Kurdish crude disappeared from satellite tracking north of Egypt's Sinai. It reappeared empty two days later near Israel.
And in late July, the tanker United Emblem offloaded part of its cargo of Kurdish crude onto another ship in the South China Sea.
Baghdad, which says it has the exclusive right to export the crude, has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court to reclaim control of the United Kalavrvta cargo and block the Kurdistan Regional Government from delivering it.
The suit shows Baghdad is stepping up a legal and diplomatic push to stop Kurdistan from exporting crude, which the Kurds say is crucial to their own dreams of independence.
The court on Monday threw out an order issued to seize the cargo, saying it lacked jurisdiction because the tanker was some 60 miles offshore.
The judge has invited Iraq to re-plead its case over the rightful ownership of the cargo. Baghdad could file claims against anyone taking delivery of the oil.
A Coast Guard official said the vessel in the Gulf of Mexico might have turned off its beacon, sailed beyond antennas that monitor transponders, or perhaps some antennas might have been taken out of service.
However, dozens of vessels were visible on Thursday in the Galveston Offshore Lightering Area, where the Kurdish tanker was last seen.
(Reporting By Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman. Editing by Andre Grenon)
By Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman
HOUSTON Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - A tanker near Texas loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared from satellite tracking, the latest development in a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse between Baghdad and the Kurds.
The AIS ship tracking system used by the U.S. Coast Guard and Reuters on Thursday showed no known position for the United Kalavrvta, which was carrying 1 million barrels of crude and 95 percent full when it went dark.
Several other tankers carrying disputed crude from Iran or Iraqi Kurdistan have unloaded cargoes after switching off their transponders, which makes their movements hard to track.
Days ago, the partially full Kamari tanker carrying Kurdish crude disappeared from satellite tracking north of Egypt's Sinai. It reappeared empty two days later near Israel.
And in late July, the tanker United Emblem offloaded part of its cargo of Kurdish crude onto another ship in the South China Sea.
Baghdad, which says it has the exclusive right to export the crude, has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court to reclaim control of the United Kalavrvta cargo and block the Kurdistan Regional Government from delivering it.
The suit shows Baghdad is stepping up a legal and diplomatic push to stop Kurdistan from exporting crude, which the Kurds say is crucial to their own dreams of independence.
The court on Monday threw out an order issued to seize the cargo, saying it lacked jurisdiction because the tanker was some 60 miles offshore.
The judge has invited Iraq to re-plead its case over the rightful ownership of the cargo. Baghdad could file claims against anyone taking delivery of the oil.
A Coast Guard official said the vessel in the Gulf of Mexico might have turned off its beacon, sailed beyond antennas that monitor transponders, or perhaps some antennas might have been taken out of service.
However, dozens of vessels were visible on Thursday in the Galveston Offshore Lightering Area, where the Kurdish tanker was last seen.
(Reporting By Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman. Editing by Andre Grenon)
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