Staff from the Iraqi Electricity Ministry on Sunday launched the process of preliminary operation of a new power station in Missan province. “The station’s capacity is 180 Mwatt,” a local media source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the station will improve power supply in the province, especially in the marshes. ( Aswat […]
Archive | 2010
Ration Card System Has to Be Reviewed – Minister
The ration card system has to be reviewed, Iraqi Trade Minister Safaal-Din al-Safi said on Sunday. “We are being unjust to the poor when we give them the same share as rich people,” al-Safi said in a release issued by his ministry and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the ration card […]
Iraq Ends Oil Row with Kurds
The oil dispute between Iraq and the autonomous northern region of Kurdistan has been resolved.
Iraq Sends Shell Gas Deal to Cabinet for Approval
Iraq's oil ministry has sent the final draft of a gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell to cabinet for approval, Iraq's Oil Minister said on Thursday.
Tags: gas gathering, Shell
Iraq Rules out Opec Quota Talks Now
Iraq sees no need to even discuss an Opec quota until its output reaches 4 million barrels per day (bpd) so any talk of a specific limit before then is premature, the country's oil minister said.
Tags: OPEC, Production
Iraq Announces 1st September for Gas Field Auction
Iraq on Thursday invited international energy firms to submit bids for a September 1 auction of three of its gas fields
Tags: gas, licence round
Iraqi Airways Chief Released by British Court
A British court released the head of Iraqi Airways on Thursday and allowed him to return home, the Iraqi transport ministry said in the latest twist in a legal nightmare for the airline.
Tags: Iraqi Airways, Kuwait
Prime Minister Salih to Visit UK in June for Trade and Investment Conference
Prime Minister Barham Salih will visit the UK next month to speak at a major international conference on trade and investment in the Kurdistan Region.
Lafarge Launches $200 Mln Iraq Plant Renovation
France's Lafarge launched a $200-million renovation of an Iraqi manufacturing plant on Thursday to boost production and grab a bigger share of the local cement market.
Tags: Investment, Lafarge
Arab World Needs To Invest $100B To Meet Food Demand - Report
The Arab world needs to invest more than $100 billion over the coming 20 years to meet growing demand for food from the local population, which is expected to grow to 550 million by 2030, Abha-based Al Watan daily reports Saturday, citing an official. The private sector should provide about half of the required investments […]
Tags: Agriculture, Food Demand
FAO Expects Iraq to Double Wheat Production
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said on Saturday that it expects Iraq to double its wheat production this year. “Iraq could produce two million tons of wheat in 2010,” an FAO expert told the press. He attributed the increase in wheat production in Iraq to the better rain season this […]
Tags: Agriculture, Wheat
ExxonMobil to use water injection to enhance southern Iraqi oil ouput
The contract, estimated at several billions of dollars, is to take place in oil fields in southern Iraq.