Archive | 17th March 2013

ShaMaran Full Year Results

ShaMaran Petroleum has announced its financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2012. Unless otherwise stated all currency amounts indicated as “$” in this news release are expressed in thousands of United States Dollars. Highlights The Company announced on February 4, 2013 an increase of 35% in Best Estimate 2C Contingent Resources […]

US, Iraq Agree to Improve Min. of Oil Transparency

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on March 17. This agreement outlines U.S. support for the Ministry to improve the effectiveness and transparency of its operations. Held at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the signing ceremony was attended […]

Kirkuk: No solution, Time to Go It Alone?

By Saleh Elias. This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The people of Kirkuk won’t be voting in the Iraqi elections because of ongoing issues about whom the area belongs to. Frustrated, some are saying Kirkuk […]

Video: Al-Sadr Protests Iraqi Sectarianism

From Jewish News One. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands have gathered in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to join the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in protest against sectarianism and to demand the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 14th March 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,658 / $1,793 (-1.0%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 6.1bn and the weekly trading […]