By John Lee. The Iraqi cabinet has approved a plan for the newly-formed Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) to be a financial partner with TotalEnergies in its projects in Basra. It said it will support INOC to "maximize revenues and financial returns to the general budget." In September, TotalEnergies signed a number of major agreements […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi attended a signing ceremony on Wednesday for the construction of five new solar power stations by Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company). This covers the first phase of the project, covering 1,000 megawatts of power out of a planned total capacity 2,000 megawatts. The signing ceremony was attended […]
By John Lee. [Amended 7th Oct 2021 to include comment from Korek Telecom.] UAE-based Agility has announced an arbitration decision by the Lebanese Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, in the lawsuit filed by its subsidiary Iraq Telecom against the Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon (IBL) and […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approval a doubling in the capital of the Iraqi Housing Fund. The capital will increase from 1 trillion to 2 trillion Iraqi dinars ($1.4 billion), with the additional funds to be paid by the Ministry of Finance. (Source: Office of the Prime Minister)
By John Lee. An Iraqi delegation has visited the German capital Berlin to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. The visit was organised by NUMOV (Nah- und Mittelost-Verein e.V.), and attendees at the meeting included the new Ambassador of Iraq in Berlin, Mr. Lukman Faily. The Ambassador spoke to the representatives of German companies […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail has said that the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) has opened a dialogue about gas exploration in the Western Desert in Anbar Governorate. The company involved was not named, but was described as "one of the major international companies". The Minister said Iraq is keen to […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has recently launched what it describes as "two massive electricity projects" in Makhmour. They are the Bnar power station, built by the Girshin Company, and a 33 KV power-line at Qaraj, implemented by Palos. The projects have a combined cost of 1.742 billion dinars [$1.2 million]. (Source: […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi-Lebanese Business Conference has been held in Beirut, under the auspices of the Lebanese Minister of Industry. The meeting discussed the promotion of trade in areas such as agriculture, industry and tourism. A representative of Beirut's Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture said that the Lebanese private sector is always ready […]
By Nussaibah Younis, for the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's parliamentary election will produce more of the same It is important for Europeans to be realistic about the Iraqi government's ability to enact […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi economy structure is lopsided with heavy dependency on export of natural raw material, i.e., crude oil. The modest unbalanced growth that was accumulated by the end of 1970s began eroding […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministerial Energy Council approved discussions with US-based Chevron on the development of four exploration blocks in Dhi Qar. The statement from Iraq's Ministry of Oil gave no further details, but the project had previously been discussed during Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's visit to the United States in August. Chevron currently has […]
By John Lee. The President of the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC), Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, has chaired a meeting with the CEO and management of Angola's Sonangol, the main operator of the Qayara [Qayyarah] oil field in Nineveh Governorate. Also joining the meeting was the management of the North Oil Company (NOC) and […]
