Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker has said the airline has received approval to fly to Baghdad, Erbil, and Najaf in Iraq
Qatar Airways to Fly to Iraq
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Iraq Ends Oil Row with Kurds
The oil dispute between Iraq and the autonomous northern region of Kurdistan has been resolved.
Iraq Sends Shell Gas Deal to Cabinet for Approval
Iraq's oil ministry has sent the final draft of a gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell to cabinet for approval, Iraq's Oil Minister said on Thursday.
Tags: gas gathering, Shell
Iraq Rules out Opec Quota Talks Now
Iraq sees no need to even discuss an Opec quota until its output reaches 4 million barrels per day (bpd) so any talk of a specific limit before then is premature, the country's oil minister said.
Tags: OPEC, Production
Iraq Announces 1st September for Gas Field Auction
Iraq on Thursday invited international energy firms to submit bids for a September 1 auction of three of its gas fields
Tags: gas, licence round
Iraqi Airways Chief Released by British Court
A British court released the head of Iraqi Airways on Thursday and allowed him to return home, the Iraqi transport ministry said in the latest twist in a legal nightmare for the airline.
Tags: Iraqi Airways, Kuwait
Prime Minister Salih to Visit UK in June for Trade and Investment Conference
Prime Minister Barham Salih will visit the UK next month to speak at a major international conference on trade and investment in the Kurdistan Region.
Lafarge Launches $200 Mln Iraq Plant Renovation
France's Lafarge launched a $200-million renovation of an Iraqi manufacturing plant on Thursday to boost production and grab a bigger share of the local cement market.
Tags: Investment, Lafarge
ExxonMobil to use water injection to enhance southern Iraqi oil ouput
The contract, estimated at several billions of dollars, is to take place in oil fields in southern Iraq.
US$150bn to be invested in infrastructure
National Investment Commission (NIC) announced at the end of March that the country plans to invest around US$150bn in infrastructure projects over the next 15 years.
IMF deal sees smaller civil service
The main performance criteria is to hold constant recurrent expenditure in the 2011 and 2012 federal budgets, in nominal terms so that it falls to 57% (from 70%)of GDP by 2012.
Tags: IMF, World Bank
BP expects a 50% increase in Rumaileh oil production by the start of next year
"The delegation of the British company announced that the production of oil from Rumaileh field will increase by about 10% at the end of the year, while the rate will increase to about 50% at the beginning of next year