By John Lee. The Basra Gas Company (BGC) -- a joint venture between the state-run South Gas Company (SGC), Shell and Mitsubishi -- is processing around 400 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of gas, and is on track to treat 2 billion cubic feet per day by 2017. SGC general director, Ali Khudhier, told […]
By John Lee. Chinese fast-food chain CaliBurger has announced that it has signed a franchise agreement to begin opening CaliBurger restaurants in Kuwait and Iraq. According to a report from Fast Casual, the franchisee, Ali Hashem, will have rights to open multiple units in Kuwait and serve as the master franchisee for Iraq. Hashem is […]
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has said that the country's export capacity will reach 7 million barrels per day by 2015, while the parliamentary Energy Committee believes that the size of Iraq's […]
By Mustafa Habib. 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. My way or the highway: PM changes iraqi political format forever In passing the 2013 budget, Iraq’s PM switched from consensual, quota-based law making to his […]
