University Research Co., LLC (URC) has been awarded a $74,855,589, four-year contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide support to the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) to support the Ministry’s strategic plan to achieve better quality primary health care. URC will manage this project together with Management Systems Internationaland Sallyport, in […]
International oil companies (IOCs) in Iraq have stepped up efforts to clear the country of millions of landmines, but according to Reuters progress remains slow due to security constraints. According to its demining plan, Iraq is supposed to clear 2 percent of its contaminated land this year but has already hit 5 percent thanks to […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Head of Foreign Relations Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir yesterday met with the Head of the European Union’s Rule of Law Mission for Iraq and they inaugurated the mission's permanent office in Erbil. At a press conference after their meeting Minister Bakir and Mr Francisco Diaz Alcantud provided information about the European […]
According to a report from Reuters, the Saudi-based Dao al-Jomaih Group tendered the low bid of $204.4 million to install four gas turbines in Iraq's southern Basra province. Salam Qazaz, Iraq's deputy electricity minister, said on Tuesday that the units will have a total generating capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) and will be installed at […]
A high-profile Spanish delegation headed by the Spanish Economic Minister is expected to visit Kurdistan next week to boost relations with the region. The Spanish delegation will be the first such high level visit to Kurdistan Region, according to AKnews. During the several-day visit to Kurdistan, the Spanish delegation is also expected to participate in […]
Gas Filing Co. , one of the ministry of oil companies , has the pleasure to announce for the tender of supplying equipment inspection geometrical as a part of capitalism part of 2011. The bids shall be submitted to Gas Filling Co at 2 o'clock pm of 10/5/2011 Please click here to download more information
ShaMaran Petroleum, the Canadian oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture under the symbol "SNM", has announced that drilling of the Pulkhana-9 appraisal/development well in the Pulkhana oilfield commenced on April 3, 2011. The Company has contracted an alternative drilling rig (Sakson 101) to the originally agreed Sakson PR3 rig as there was […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (pictured) said on Sunday that the Obama administration’s plan to replace troops in Iraq with private security contractors — what the South Carolina Republican referred to as a “mini State Department army” — puts hard-won American progress in that country at risk. “The State Department has come to Congress and said, ‘We’re […]
The following article was published on Tuesday by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq […]
According to a report from Bloomberg, the chairman of the Iraqi parliament’s Oil and Energy Committee said in London on Tuesday that Iraq will be unable to pass its oil and revenue-sharing laws by this summer because of ongoing political disagreements. Passage of the law by June or July is “unfeasible,” Adnan Al-Janabi said at […]
Iraq has taken delivery of 400,000 metric tons of wheat and 127,000 tons of rice, according to Hassan Ismail Ibrahim, director general of the country’s Grain Board. Bloomberg reports that eight ships delivered the wheat from the U.S. and Australian suppliers, and four more boats unloaded rice imported from Thailand at the southern port of […]
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of 30,000 tonnes of rice. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 11th April. Please click here to download more information.
