Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of spares and chemicals for the North Gas Company in Kirkuk. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 8th March (3pm): Reciprocating compressor for refrigeration unit 23rd March […]
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Latest Iraq SCOP Tenders
The Ministry of Oil’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has issued a tender for the supply of: Pipes for the Fao project. The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 6th April. A loading bridge at Al Mushahda Depot. The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 20th […]
New Tenders for Grain and Rice
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of: 100,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 5th March. 30,000 tonnes of rice. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 12th March. If the English version of the documents […]
Weekly Security Update for 3rd March 2011
Overview Conditions continue to worsen in Iraq, with civil unrest gripping cities from Arbil in the north to Basrah in the south over the past week. As well as demonstrations in Kurdistan there has also been a lesser reported rise in ethnic tensions around the city of Kirkuk. The past week has also seen a […]
Tags: AKE, Amarah, Anbar, Arabs, Arbil, Baghdad, Basrah, Demonstrations, Dhi Qar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Kurdistan News, Kurds, Maysan, Nassiriyah, Peshmerga, PKK, Protests, Qandil Mountains, Security, Sulaymaniyah, Turkey, Turkmen, Unrest, US military, Violence
Allawi Backs Out of New Policy Body
Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya party won the most seats in last year’s election but failed to secure the position of prime minister, has resigned as chair of the National Council on Strategic Policies, because the supervisory council has not been formed. The position was created as a concession in a power-sharing deal that would allow […]
Demonstrations and Deadlines in Iraq
Iraq has seen its share of demonstrations over the past week, with number of fatalities reaching into double figures, public offices being burned, and the governors of Basra and Babil being forced to resign; the governor of Ninewa, a brother of the parliamentary Speaker, has rejected calls from Nouri al-Maliki and others to follow suit. […]
Tags: Protests, T. Keyzom Ngodup
Attacking the Oil Sector
Radical Islamists may be attacking the Iraqi energy sector in an attempt to push up the already high price of oil. The past week saw attacks on three oil tankers and a refinery in the central provinces. Militants attacked Iraq’s largest refinery, located in Bayji in Salah ad-Din province on 26 February. Gunmen entered the […]
Tags: AKE, al-Qaeda, Arbil, Baghdad, Bayji, energy, Oil, Salah ad Din, Samawah, Security, Tanker, terrorism
Iraq Oil Exports Up Again in Feb
Reuters reports that Iraq exported an average of 2.202 million barrels per day in February, up from 2.16 million bpd in January, and the highest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Falah Alamri, head of the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO), said exports from the northern fields, which included crude from the country's Kurdish region, […]
Iraq's Asiacell Grows Revenues by 26%
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has announced significant growth last year in its Iraqi Asiacell operations. Following on from the strong subscriber growth achieved in 2009, Asiacell has continued to increase its subscriber base this year leveraging its country-wide network. Asiacell's total subscriber base at 31 December 2010 stood at 8.1 million (FY 2009: 7.4 million). At […]
Zain Iraq Secures $400m Debt Facility
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is supporting economic growth and expanded access to telecommunications services in Iraq through a landmark $400 million, seven-year debt facility for Zain Iraq, the country’s largest mobile phone operator. Zain Iraq is a subsidiary of Kuwait-based telecommunications operator Zain Group, a longtime IFC partner. Zain is the […]
Tags: Ahli United Bank, DEG, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, FMO, IFC, Infrastructure Crisis Facility, Netherlands Development Finance Co, Proparco, World Bank, Zain
$3.5bn Investment Licences Issued in Baghdad
Baghdad Investment Commission has issued 87 investment licenses worth a total of 3.5 billion dollars during the last thirteen months, and it claims these will provide about 350,000 jobs. The Commission's Chairman, Mr. Shaker Al- Zamily, said the licences included 13 in the construction sector (consisting of 17 projects for the construction of 120,000 housing […]
Versar Wins $1.5 Training Contract in Iraq
Versar, the Springfield Virginia-based project management company, has announced it was awarded an approx. $1.5 million contract from the United States Forces in Iraq for the training of Iraqi Ministry of Defense personnel. The contract will continue through September 2011. This contract will train and certify over 300 Iraqi engineers and technicians to operate and […]
Tags: jobs in Iraq, Versar