Iraq’s oil ministry says oil exports increased in June by slightly over 2 percent compared to the previous month, according to the Washington Post. Tuesday’s statement says last month oil exports averaged 2.273 million barrels per day (bpd) - up from the 2.225 bpd in May. The sales yielded $7.173 billion with an achieved average […]
An arms deal under which Iraq would buy $13 billion in American weapons has been recommended for cancellation by the Iraqi parliament’s integrity committee, reports AKnews. The deal has been criticized for involving extensive financial corruption. A member of the committee, Aliya Nussaif, told AKnews that the parliament has passed a request by the committee […]
AFP reported on Tuesday that Iraqi forces took charge of security at Basra's oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops. Nearly 80 percent of Iraqi oil is exported through the south. "Today, we took charge of the oil terminals at Basra from the Americans," an Iraqi navy official said, speaking […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in principle with a group of Italian investors to build a refinery in Karbala, the oil undersecretary for refineries affairs said on Tuesday. Ahmed al-Shamma said in a statement that the signature was made to enable the consortium complete its procedures for the project, […]
The first governmental-owned brick factory in Iraqi Kurdistan started operations in Erbil on Tuesday, according to AKnews. The factory which can produce 8,000 cement building blocks daily was opened in a ceremony where Samir Abdullah, Minister for Municipality and Tourism said the ministry hopes to raise the daily output capacity to 20,000. Abdullah told the […]
Ahmed Mousa Jiyad is an independent development consultant, scholar and Associate with Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES). He was formerly a senior economist with the Iraq National Oil Company and Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, Chief Expert for the Council of Ministers, Director at the Ministry of Trade, and International Specialist with UN. He is […]
Changes in legislation have led to an explosion in building companies in Iraq’s economic hub, Basra. Some exist only on paper but get jobs worth millions. Some say it’s the fault of US-formulated laws. Others say its corruption and public budgets. One of the most popular kinds of business in Basra city, the second most […]
Arabian Business has just published its list of the 500 most influential Arabs, and 22 Iraqis make the cut: Rank Name Residence Co. of Origin Primary Industry 50 Zaha Hadid London,UK Iraq Culture & Society 58 Sinaan Antoon New York,US Iraq Arts & Entertainment 81 Selim Zilka Los Angeles,USA Iraq […]
Gulf Keystone has announced that Excalibur Ventures LLC confirmed in the English Commercial Court in London today that it no longer intends to pursue the International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration in New York (the "ICC Arbitration") against Gulf Keystone and two of its subsidiaries. Excalibur also confirmed today that it is content that all its […]
Official sources confirmed that the Algerian government decided to cancel Iraq's debt, according to reports from Eye Media. The amount of the debt was not specified. According to media sources in Baghdad, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, received a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Mourad Medelci, informing him of the […]
