Archive | 2016

Genel Shares Crash on Taq Taq Reserve Downgrade

By John Lee. Shares in Genel Energy fell by more than 40 percent on Monday after the firm announced a 75 percent reduction in proven and probable (2P) reserves for its Taq Taq field, in which it has a 44 percent working interest. According to a statement from the company: The results of this internal […]

Presentation on Iraq's Oil Service Contracts & Bidding Rounds

Mr. Abdul Mahdy Al-Ameedi, the Director General of Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD), delivered a presentation to the Iraqi parliament on 13th December 2015 on the subject of Iraq's oil service contracts and bidding rounds. The presentation (in Arabic) provides an excellent comparison between the Ministry’s Service Contracts and Production Sharing Contracts of the […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th Feb 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD934 (-2.7%) / $958 (-3.5%) (weekly change) (-14.4% and -16.4% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]

Video: ISIL Kills Scores in Attacks Across Iraq

From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Roadside bombs near Iraq's capital kill at least 70 while military comes under assault in Abu Ghraib and near Fallujah. Rob Matheson reports:

Turkey Thwarts Bomb Attack on KRG’s Oil Pipeline

By John Lee. The Tukish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has said its security forces defused a bomb on Saturday on the oil pipelines between Iraqi Kurdistan and Ceyhan port in Turkey. The ministry claimed that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was behind the attempted attack. (Source: BasNews) (Sabotage image via Shutterstock)

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Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq

U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Sunday. Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria Attack, fighter and […]

Archive of Kurdistan Oil Reports Published

The Ministry of Natural Resources announces a collection of five reports covering oil production, export consumption, revenue and expenditure from 2007-2015. Some of the reports have been published individually before, or were given to KRG officials or Parliament, but for completeness they are published together here. The reports are as follows, please click the links […]

Displacement in Iraq Exceeds 3.3 Million

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Iraq Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) published yesterday, identified 3,320,844 internally displaced Iraqis (553,474 families), from 1 January 2014 through 4 February 2016. Considering the available information and the DTM methodology, the UN Humanitarian Country Team maintains the humanitarian response planning figures at 3.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Three […]

What is Abadi doing to Protect Iraq’s Christians?

By Omar al-Jaffal, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Louis Sako boycotted the National Conference on the Protection of Peaceful Coexistence, the Ban of Hatred and the Fight against Terrorism and Extremism held in the Iraqi parliament Feb. […]

Will Govt Employees face more Wage Cuts in 2016?

By Mustafa Saadoun, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Plunging oil prices are now affecting ordinary civil servants’ salaries in Iraq. Al-Monitor met with an employee of the Ministry of Culture who, on condition of anonymity, shared his plan of submitting a […]