A member of Najaf provincial council announced on Friday that Turkish Airlines will run four flights a week between Istanbul and Najaf airport, increasing to seven flight s a week from next month when services to five other Iraqi airports will begin. Abdul Hussein Abtan told AKnews that the civil aviation authorities in Iraq and […]
Iraq’s grain imports will decline after rainfall boosted crop production, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said. Bloomberg, citing a report from the UN’s Global Information and Early Warning System, says imports will fall to 4.91 million metric tons in the year ending on June 30, down 6.1 percent from the prior 12 months. […]
A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said on Saturday that resolving the energy crisis that has plagued the country in recent years will cost an estimated $6bn [7.2 trillion Iraqi dinars]. Musab al-Mudaris told AKnews that the ministry has asked parliament to provide appropriate funds in the 2011 budget to resolve the shortcomings […]
Reuters reports that the chief executive of private equity group MerchantBridge and two JPMorgan executives were among seven people killed when a small plane crashed in northern Iraq. The plane went down shortly after takeoff on Friday from Sulaimaniya airport in Kurdistan. MerchantBridge CEO Basil al-Rahim and Abdallah Lahoud, a partner in the company, died […]
DNO has reported oil flow at its Bastora-1 site in Iraqi Kurdistan. Drilling of exploration well Bastora-1 in the Erbil license commenced on 7 September. The well has been drilled to total depth of 3,600 meters. As previously reported hydrocarbons were observed while drilling through several of the prospective intervals. Two tests were undertaken in […]
On Thursday, Salah al-Din’s [Salahadin] deputy governor laid the foundation stone for the largest housing compound in the city of Tikrit. Valued at about $238 million [286 trillion Iraqi dinars], the project is being built by a Jordanian company, an official said. “Ahmed Abduljabbar al-Kareem laid the foundation stone for the project in the area […]
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of chemicals and materials for Daura refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 15th February. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents: REHABILITATION OF ROTOR FOR 'TERRY TURBINE' WIRE WINDING MACHINE TANK CALIBRATION
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of chemicals and materials for Daura refinery. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 15th February: 2,000 Kg anti-foam agent 12 tons NALCO N-5166 […]
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of spare parts for Daura refinery. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 27th February: SPARES FOR PUMP P.701 AB SPARES FOR PUMP P.405 C/D FIRE FIGHTING PROTECTIVE […]
Gulf Keystone has just put a new corporate video on its website. The film is very professional and gives an excellent overview of the company and its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. Please click here to view the film.
DNO can confirm that export production tests at the Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq commenced on 2 February. At present, the tested volumes are around 10,000 bopd. The technical tests are being conducted in close coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Northern Oil Company to ensure a responsible and […]
With political and social upheaval, first in Tunisia and now in Egypt, the big question on many minds at the moment is to what extent the unrest will spread to other countries in the Arab world. But despite the undoubted poverty in Iraq, it is rarely mentioned as possible candidate for a popular uprising, and […]
