Iraq’s National Reconciliation Minister Amir al-Khuzaei talks to NIQASH about why his job may be redundant once the US leaves, how armed militias will join the political process and the Libyan connection with Saddam Hussein’s followers. Any opinions expressed are those of the author and interviewee, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
President Masoud Barzani this week in Brussels met Belgium’s Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere. He also met European Union officials to discuss expanding relations with its member states. President Barzani encouraged Foreign Minister Vanackere to move Belgium’s Embassy from Amman to Baghdad and to consider opening a consulate in Erbil. Mr Vanackere commended the political and […]
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Iraq Workshop Few years have passed since the Iraq hydrocarbon market emerged to take an active role in the global energy market; growing fast with many different types of technical and logistical challenges but offering rewarding fruit. Our first SPE Iraq workshop aims to bridge the gap between the present […]
What's the future of business in Iraq? There are plenty of opinions on this, but the opinion of the former US Defense Department official who was tasked with promoting business in Iraq has to be worth more than most. So what does Paul Brinkley have to say about it? “There’s no opportunity like this in […]
Azzaman news agency reports that the Iraqi Central Bank’s budget forecast for 2012 is based on and oil price of $80 per barrel. Muatasem Akram, a consultant with the bank, said the forecast was reasonable, though much below the 2012 forecasts for oil prices on international markets. He acknowledged the bank’s budgetary estimates for oil […]
This article was written by Ahmad Wahid, and was originally published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, iwpr.net. It is reproduced by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands of Iraqis working across five ports […]
AVEVA (LSE:AVV) has announced that it will participate in the inaugural International Erbil Oil & Gas Exhibition, 15-18 December 2011 in Iraq, where it will showcase its object-centric systems for Integrated Engineering & Design solutions. AVEVA will demonstrate the full range of its AVEVA Plant Portfolio. AVEVA Plant is an integrated suite of software for […]
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC today announced it has completed the procurement, integration, testing, and installation of new Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) systems and equipment for two bases of the Iraqi Air Force. The new technology will allow Iraq’s Air Force to establish efficient operational control with modern equipment in the control towers at Tikrit […]
DNO International this morning reported a net profit of NOK 299 million [$52.6 million] for the third quarter of 2011 versus a loss of NOK 146 million in the same quarter 2010. The strong result is affected by a net positive finance of NOK 301 million in this quarter. In the third quarter the Company […]
With over 30 speakers, 21 sponsors and 300 senior telecoms industry experts the CWC Iraq Telecoms 2011 conference took place between the 25-27 October 2011 and was an outstanding success. Held at the Ritz Carlton Istanbul the conference brought together the Iraqi Ministry of Communications, Iraqi Parliament, Kurdistan Ministry of Communications, Iraqi Media and Communications […]
Leighton Offshore launched the newest edition to its fleet on Saturday, the Leighton MPV-1 cable lay vessel, at the Al Jazeera Port in Ras Al Khaimah. The MPV -1 will be used to scope the cable-laying of the first phase of $799 million Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP). The MPV-1 will also work […]
The U.S. Navy formally delivered the sixth 35-meter patrol boat (P-305) to the Iraqi Navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility in Iraq on Nov. 3, after the ship successfully completed reactivation in Bahrain, Oct. 23. The seamless reactivation enabled delivery to an Iraqi naval base one week ahead of schedule. "The team has once […]
