By Hugh Evans, United Kingdom's Consul General in Erbil. The UK is proud of the close friendship it has forged with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in recent decades. Today, our bilateral relationship encompasses strong political, commercial, educational, cultural and governance ties. As the people of Kurdistan go to the polls this weekend to elect […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani (pictured) has asked the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to connect its new oil pipeline with Baghdad's Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in a way that allows Baghdad to measure oil flows, according to Reuters. The KRG is expected to complete the 300,000-bpd pipeline in the coming weeks, […]
By John Lee. Vice-President of the Republic Dr. Khudair Alkhozai and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hoshyar Zebari met His Highness Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly […]
By John Lee. Serco, the international service company, in cooperation with its Iraqi partner Al Burhan Group, has signed a new agreement with the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) to continue providing Air Traffic Control (ATC) services, training and support at Baghdad International Airport and extending our presence in Iraq. Serco has been providing these […]
Ericsson has partnered with Iraq’s leading internet and communications provider, Tishknet, to deploy the first LTE TDD network in the country. The agreement includes the latest LTE technology with the Ericsson RBS 6000 family of base stations. Also included is Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core network, with Evolved Packet Gateway on the SSR 8000 family of […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Voters in Iraq's Kurdish region may have had differing views at the ballot box during weekend polls, but there is one dream which unites virtually all of them: an independent state.
Shares in Petrel Resources fell 7 percent on Tuesday following the publication of the company's Interim Statement for the period ended 30 June 2013. Highlights: · Iraqi investment enhanced through 20 per cent shareholding acquisition in Amira Hydrocarbons Wasit B.V. This deal gives Petrel an immediate effective 5 per cent carried interest through to production […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is home to some of the most sacred sites for Shia Muslims. Pilgrims from across the Middle East visit in huge numbers. The Governor of Karbala urges western Shias to make the […]
By Ahmad al-Rubaie. 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. Central Baghdad is famous as the setting for many of the ancient tales in One Thousand And One nights. However many of the houses, located on […]
By Muhammad Jawad Adib for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Tourism is the biggest economic resource for Iraq after oil, but the industry's focus on religion in general and on Iranian pilgrims in particular has made the Iraqi tourism sector dependent […]
By John Lee. Oil officials confirmed on Monday that a leaking pipeline in the south of the country had been repaired, but planned work at the al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) was continuing to restrict exports. The leaking pipeline had caused a drop in output from the Rumaila oilfield. Reuters reports that Iraq had restored normal […]
By John Lee. The provincial council of Nineveh has reportedly granted its governor the power to sign deals with foreign oil firms independently of Baghdad, which rejected the move as unconstitutional. a predominantly Sunni Muslim governorate in Iraq's northwest, is following the example of the autonomous Kurdistan region, which has pursued an increasingly independent energy […]
