Archive | 2011

Materials Required at Doura Refinery

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of chemicals and materials for Daura refinery. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 15th February: 2,000 Kg anti-foam agent 12 tons NALCO N-5166 […]

Spare Parts Needed at Doura Refinery

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of spare parts for Daura refinery. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 27th February: SPARES FOR PUMP P.701 AB SPARES FOR PUMP P.405 C/D FIRE FIGHTING PROTECTIVE […]

New Gulf Keystone Corporate Film

Gulf Keystone has just put a new corporate video on its website. The film is very professional and gives an excellent overview of the company and its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. Please click here to view the film.

How Will Egypt Affect Iraq?

With political and social upheaval, first in Tunisia and now in Egypt, the big question on many minds at the moment is to what extent the unrest will spread to other countries in the Arab world. But despite the undoubted poverty in Iraq, it is rarely mentioned as possible candidate for a popular uprising, and […]

Iraq Expects $30bn Investment in 2011

Iraq expects private investment in its economy to triple to $30 billion [36 trillion Iraqi dinars] this year, as energy, agriculture and housing projects accelerate now that the country has formed a new government, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Investment exceeded $10 billion last year, Salar Mohammed Ameen, vice chairman of the National […]

Gulf Keystone Likely Takeover Target: COO

According to a report from Reuters, oil explorer Gulf Keystone sees itself increasingly as a potential takeover target, but has not received any serious takeover approaches so far. "As the political situation between Iraq and Kurdistan gets more and more stable... you have to think that somewhere along the line there'll be some kind of […]

Iraq's Jan Oil Exports Highest Since 2003

Iraq exported an average of 2.163 million barrels of oil per day in January, up from 1.951 million bpd in December, its highest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a top oil official said on Wednesday. Falah Alamri, head of the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO), told Reuters on the sidelines of an energy conference […]

Kurdish Govt to Hire 25,000 in 2011

Barham Salih, Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, said on Wednesday that the Region can employ an additional 25,000 people in 2011. The declaration came at the sidelines of the International Symposium for Kurdistan Health System Reform, currently underway in Erbil, according to the report from AKnews. The ministries of education and interior have priority for […]

OPITO Wins Iraqi Oil Training Contract

British training body OPITO has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with the Iraq Ministry for Oil, Training and Development Directorate to help the war-torn country develop the skills and training necessary to enable exploitation of its hydrocarbon resources. With Iraq gearing up to produce 12 million barrels of oil per day, OPITO estimates they […]

KRG Signs MoU with Veneto Region of Italy

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed a broad agreement with the Veneto region of Italy in Venice to strengthen political, economic, and cultural ties. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on behalf of Kurdistan Region’s President Masoud Barzani by his Chief of Staff Dr Fuad Hussein, and by the President of Veneto Region Luca […]