In Iraq, as elsewhere, trade fairs, exhibitions and conferences are a very important way of communicating with potential customers and suppliers. Meeting your future trading partners face-to-face is always a valuable experience, and these organised events offer a very efficient means of achieving this in terms of time and cost. To help you plan your […]
There has been a welcome outbreak of pragmatism in Iraq in recent days. While the fact that ExxonMobil will apparently be allowed to take part in the auction for the fourth round oil licences was not entirely unexpected, some will see it as a climb down on the part of Baghdad. Others, such as Hess […]
Today we are proud to bring you the 100th edition of our Iraq Business News newsletter, and during that time it has been our pleasure to provide you with essential news and top-class business intelligence. From a modest start, our newsletter is now read by more than 11,000 people each week, while our website receives […]
When Becca Heller, current director and co-founder of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, first met Moustafa in Amman, Jordan in August 2008, he and his brother were the only surviving members of his family. His father and other brother had been kidnapped and tortured. A video of them pleading for their lives was sent to […]
A spokesman for Iraq's Ministry of Oil recently told Al Jazeera that unexplored regions of Iraq could yield an additional 100 billion barrels of oil, and that Iraq's production costs are among the lowest in the world. Additionally, the report says that only about 2,000 wells have been drilled in Iraq to date, compared with […]
By Gavin Jones, Director of Iraq Business News, and Partner at consultancy firm Upper Quartile. This article was originally published on the Emerging Economics blog. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. It is very difficult with a market like Iraq to separate […]
The oil and gas industry in Iraq has seen a lot of activity in recent days - just look at the following news items: Oil Law “Will be Passed Without Iraqiya if Needed” GKP Soars on Renewed Bid Rumours Genel Energy to Upgrade Tawke Oilfield WesternZagros Provides Operational Update DNO Completes Merger with RAK Gulf […]
The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing legal assistance to Iraqi refugees in life and death situations. To date, IRAP has helped resettle more than 1,000 Iraqis identified by the United Nations and numerous other organizations as living in “extremely urgent situations.” Currently, around 2.5 million Iraqis remain […]
Having welcomed in a new year, many of us will have hopes and dreams for the twelve months ahead. And with Iraq in a state of flux following the departure of American troops, the range of possible outcomes for the country is very wide; Iraq has the ability to make 2012 a transformative year, for […]
Exactly a year since the (admittedly partial) formation of the Iraqi cabinet, Iraq is gripped by a governmental crisis that could spark further violence between the rival factions. While not meaning to downplay the seriousness of the problem, it's worth noting that in the past week alone we have reported nine separate completed business deals […]
“The opportunities are unlimited”, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the audience at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Tuesday. He was leading a high-level business delegation to the US as President Obama welcomed back some of the last of the American troops to pull out of Iraq. “Our goal is simply to make […]
We all know oil and gas are the drivers of Iraq's economy and will fuel the development of the country, but it would be a mistake to think that all the investment in Iraq will go into energy-related infrastructure. Taking a totally unrelated sector as an example, healthcare in Iraq has received massive funding and […]
