Unrest in Turkey could upset Kurdish and Israeli plans to develop, and ultimately export, oil and gas respectively. [Quartz]

Shareholder activism – rather, activism by select shareholders – is upsetting energy company executives’ plans to hold on to their jobs until they choose to leave. [WSJ]

Competition from independent Russian gas producers, such as Novatek, is upsetting state-run giant Gazprom’s plans to charge as much as it wants for as long as it wants to supply domestic consumers with gas. [Reuters]