Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) announced it has signed a three-year strategic alliance with Iraq’s South Oil Company (SOC) to provide technical services to SOC’s wireline logging department in Burj Esya, Basra south Iraq. Under the terms of the technical services agreement (TSA), Baker Hughes will supply wireline technologies to SOC and other Iraqi oil and […]
WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros" or "the Company") provides its results for the period ended June 30, 2010, key highlights, and activities to date. During the second quarter, the Company continued to drill the Kurdamir-1 well sidetrack. At a depth of 3,214 metres the well encountered high-pressure sour gas which resulted in well control […]
National Overview The reporting period saw a significant rise in the number of recorded incidents in Baghdad, as Al Qaeda in Iraq and Al Qaeda in Iraq Associated Movements seek to re-establish their grip on the City. An attack on an Iraqi Police check point that resulted in an Al Qaeda in Iraq flag being […]
Iraq is starting the holy fasting month of Ramadan in blistering summer heat: up to 49 C (120 F) in places! It has been a hot week for oil news too: The Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) hits oil in the Bazian and Sangaw North blocks in Kurdistan; Dana Gas has increased gas its production […]
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional, private sector, natural gas company, has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30th June 2010. Revenue from the sale of hydrocarbons increased to AED 428 million, with gross profit reaching AED 179 million. These figures represent increases of 41% and 84% respectively, compared to the […]
A bomb attack stopped the export of oil through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline on Tuesday, and killed two people and wounded a third after their vehicles caught fire on a road that runs alongside the link. Reuters, citing a spokeswoman for Botas, Turkey's state-run pipeline operator, reported on Wednesday evening that "the fire continues, and the […]
Preparations have begun on the concrete-layered transportation canal of the Shatt al-Arab Irrigation Project. “The total cost of the project will be around $299 million [350 billion Iraqi dinars],” the Iraqi Water Resources Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday, received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It noted that the canal will be 128 […]
2009 was a momentous year for Iraq’s oil and gas sector, for the first time in more than three decades, two bidding rounds took place. What was on offer? Development of just some of the countries prized oil and gas fields. In a country where investment from the world’s IOCs is vital to its development […]
The NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI) has issued the following statement regarding the $8.7 billion of Iraqi funds that cannot be accounted for: Last week, the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) issued an audit stating that the Pentagon cannot account for 96 percent of $9.1 billion that was set aside for […]
A large group of international companies have showed their interest in participating in the 37th Baghdad International Fair, due to take place in Baghdad from 1st to 10th of November. "Several countries, including France, Turkey, Iran, Japan, and India agreed tp participate in the fair, as well as local and foreign private sector companies", a […]
Iraq will spend $300 million [350 billion Iraqi dinars] to upgrade six major hotels in Baghdad for an Arab summit next year, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Tuesday. "We will invest around 300 million dollars to transform our six largest hotels to international standards for the Arab summit at the end of March", […]
A German-language school in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil will be inaugurated on Sept. 16, and will start admitting students for the 2010-11 academic year, according to a report from AKnews. “It is going to be the first private school in Kurdistan that is supported by the German government and it will become a […]
