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Iraq to Invest in Associated Gas

By Nassir al-Hassoub for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The official spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, announced that the licensing contracts with international oil companies bound them to formulate systems to invest in associated petroleum gas, stressing that […]

AMAR Fights Polio Outbreak in Iraq

AMAR is working alongside Iraq’s Ministry of Health to help fight an outbreak of polio – the first in 14 years -- helping the Ministry step up its vaccination campaign to prevent the disease from spreading. On March 30th, officials from the World Health Organisation confirmed a 6 year old boy in Baghdad had contracted […]

KRG Statement on Violence Against Women

The KRG abhors the practice of so-called honour killing, and is committed to combating violence against women in all its forms. The current case of Dunya will be managed by the judicial system, which is mandated to handle such matters. Without prejudice to this case, which is currently under investigation, the KRG restates unequivocally its […]

Southern Oil Exports could Hit Record

By John Lee. Reuters reports that oil exports from Iraq’s southern terminals are on track for a record high in May. Exports are estimated at an average of 2.60 million bpd in the first 27 days of this month, which, if sustained, would beat April’s 2.51 million bpd, the highest since 2003. Southern exports are […]

Expro Wins Multi-Year Testing Contract

By John Lee. Oilfield services company Expro has secured a multi-year contract with a leading international oil company for multiphase production testing in Iraq. The contract will provide non-intrusive multiphase production testing of oil wells in this on shore field. Selim Djandji, Region Director for Middle East North Africa, said: "This contract award highlights an […]

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First Natural Gas Arrives at Duhok Power Station

The Kurdistan Regional Government has announced the successful delivery via pipeline of the first quantities of natural gas from the gas field at Summail to fuel the Duhok Power Station (pictured). The Summail Gas Field lies within the area of the Duhok Production Sharing Contract (PSC) and is operated by the Norwegian company DNO, which […]

Foreign Minister Arrives Algeria

By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrived in the Algerian capital on Monday to participate in the Ministerial Conference of the non-aligned countries to be held in Algiers on 28-29 May 2014. The Minister will hold a number of meetings with officials of the Algerian side to discuss relations between the two countries. (Source: […]

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Two Convicted in Dinar Scheme

By John Lee. Two of the three men charged in a scheme to defraud investors in Iraqi currency were found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court last week, while the third defendant was convicted only of an unrelated mail fraud charge. According to a report from the Toledo Blade, Bradford Huebner (66) and […]

Iraqi Air Force to Buy Pakistani Aircraft

By John Lee. A contract has been signed for the export of Super Mushshak Aircraft from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) to Iraq Air Force (IAF). The ceremony was held at the Prime Minister House, Islamabad and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, HE Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, presided the ceremony. The contract for the Super Mushshak […]

Furniture In Fashion to Supply Iraqi Govt

By John Lee. UK-based FurnitureInFashion has announced that the Iraq government has placed "a gigantic order" for office furniture for the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and other governmental bodies. The owner and Managing Director of FurnitureInFashion Asad Shamim (pictured) said: "With Iraq's plan to reconstruct the infrastructure, FurnitureInFashion saw a lot of possibility […]