By John Lee. The White House has said US President Donald Trump will host Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Washington later this month. AFP describes the visit as a "fence-mending meeting", following the tensions between Washington and Baghdad since Trump introduced a ban on Iraqis visiting the United States; Iraqis were subsequently excluded from […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has said that the North Refinery Company (NRC) has successfully added 10,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity at Kirkuk oil refinery. The new unit brings total capacity to 40,000 bpd, with another 10,000 bpd planned to be added by the end of the year. It will produce oil […]
By John Lee. The US State Department has said human rights abuses were widespread in Iraq over the past year, adding that the civilian authorities were not always able to maintain effective control of all security forces. In its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016, it says that while donor funding increased, the […]
For a young Yazidi woman who survived upheaval and displacement in northern Iraq, hope and stability finally arrived in an unexpected form: plump brown quails, and their tiny speckled eggs. Gulistan, 23, lives in the predominantly Christian and Yazidi district of Alqosh in the northern reaches of Ninewah Governorate. In the summer of 2014, the […]
Gazprom Neft Badra — a subsidiary of Russia's Gazprom Neft — has commissioned three new production wells (BD-2, P-14 and P-10) at the Badra field in Iraq. Total production across all three wells is running at 23,000 barrels per day, with daily production at the field totalling 77,000 barrels. All three wells are operating under […]
Shares in ShaMaran Petroleum gained 5 percent on Thursday after the company announced its financial and operating results for year ended December 31, 2016. Unless otherwise stated all currency amounts indicated as "$" in this news release are expressed in thousands of United States dollars. Highlights and accomplishments included: Construction of the 30,000 bopd Atrush […]
By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has given more information on the new investment opportunity to build a new 300,000-bpd refinery in Basra's Faw (Fao). The refinery is capable of being extended by adding new units for the petrochemicals industries. The execution is according to the methods of BOT or BOO according to the […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: MEAL Coordinator, Oxfam Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance Program Manager, Action contre la Faim - ACF International Logistics Assistant - Warehouse, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) General Coordinator Assistant, Médecins du Monde Project Coordinator (Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), International Organization for Migration (IOM) […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Liaison/Visa Assistant, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Administrative Officer (Planning Officer), United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Staff Counsellor, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Iraq Program Director, Relief […]
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that the cost of damage to Iraqi infrastructure attributable to the Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) has reached $35 billion. Abadi said “IS destroyed relations among social categories in Iraq, not to mention the huge humanitarian cost represented the high numbers of deaths, injuries and displaced people”. […]
By John Lee. A spokesperson of the Iraqi oil ministry has told Rudaw that the Ministry is not aware of any agreement between Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to end disputes over oil production and exports from the disputed Kirkuk oil fields. Reuters quoted PUK deputy chief Kosrat Rasul […]
China'a Anton Oilfield Services (Antonoil) has announced that the Group's general workover and well completion project in Southern Iraq market was successfully started with the first well being completed on Tuesday. Acquiring in the third quarter of 2015 with an amount of approximately US$140.0 million and a contract duration of 3 years, the project commenced […]
