(Source: AFP) Iraq has initialled a deal with Turkey to extend the use of the main pipeline linking its northern oilfields to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan for 12 years, the oil ministry said on Thursday. The renewal of the existing deal, which ran out in March, was the result of lengthy negotiations -- Turkey […]
(Source: Aswat Al Iraq) The Iraqi oil ministry seeks an increase in production to hit 12 million barrels per day (bpd) during the next six years, in addition to developing natural gas fields, according to the minister, Hussein al-Shahrestani. “This figure is the normal rate of Iraq’s production but for the policies pursued by the […]
(Sources: AFP, Associated Press) Iraqi Electricity Minister, Karim Wahid, offered to resign on Monday after a wave of bloody street protests demanding his dismissal over harsh power rationing in the scorching summer heat. Public anger with the work of the electricity ministry has boiled over in recent days as temperatures have hit highs of 54 […]
Aswat al Iraq reports that the first Ninewa International Fair kicked off on Monday with more than 60 local and foreign companies taking part. The companies were from the industrial, trade, agricultural and construction fields, according to a director of the Anmar construction company. “With personal efforts and with the support from the province, we […]
(Source: Korea Times) The Korea Times reports that a state-run think tank called on the government, along with local businesses, to gear up for reconstruction projects in Iraq, predicting the demand will rise in the near future. In a report entitled "Prospects of the Iraqi Economy after the General Elections," the Korea Institute for International […]
(Sources: AFP, Trade Bank of Iraq) The Trade Bank of Iraq insisted on Monday that it was open for business despite the damage wrought by two suicide bombers who blew their vehicles up in the street outside. The bank, which is the conduit for much of the Iraqi government's foreign exchange transactions and dealings with […]
22 June 2010 (Source: PressReleaseNetwork.com) For the first time in more than three decades, two oil and gas exploration license bidding rounds took place in Iraq in 2009. The first round saw a consortium consisting of the UK's BP and China's CNPC spearheading IOC activities as they won the first 20 year service contract to […]
(Source: Aswat al Iraq) Iraq’s oil sales in May registered $4.3 billion, through exporting 58.7 million barrels at a price of $73.8 per barrel, the oil ministry said on Monday, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraq’s oil sales last April registered 53 million barrels, valued at $4.2bn, at an average price […]
By Tariq Abdell, Founder & Chairman, Mesopotamia Insight. Iraq's recent upsurge of violence, fueled by political impasse and regional geopolitics - Notably Iran's Mullacracy suicidal ambitions, could easily undermine its fragile democracy and, thus, plunging the country into a vicious downward spiral. The ongoing ignominious political ploys are creating a toxic environment compelling the majority […]
As of June 17, year-to-date average daily turnover on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) has remained subdued at just ID 2.2 billion (US$ 1.9 million). Surprisingly, however, large block trades on just 16 days (8 days in May, 4 in March, and 4 in January) accounted for 48% of YTD total trading. An easy way […]
For those who have followed Iraqi security on a daily basis since 2003, if not before, the current security situation in Iraq is nothing short of a miracle. In the dark days of 2006, the daily listing of violent incidents was 150 or 200-long, and we all knew that much of the sectarian cleansing was […]
Rumaila, the workhorse of Iraq’s oil industry and its largest producing oilfield, is buzzing with activity as executives, engineers and drillers begin a massive overhaul to nearly triple its million barrels per day output.At the airport in Basra, capital of southern Iraq, officials struggle to process the unprecedented numbers arriving to join the country’s nascent […]
