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The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) Spring Conference 2015 will be held at the Mansion House on the 1st June and the Royal Overseas League on the 2nd June. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, IBBC Executive Chairman and UK Trade Envoy for Iraq, the Executive Committee and Council Members, will welcome distinguished speakers such as H.E. […]
By John Lee. Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) closed the day down 9.9 percent, following the announcement that the company has successfully raised $40.7 million through a conditional placing of shares at a price of 32 pence per share, a 21 percent discount to the previous market close. The shares were placed through Mirabaud […]
By John Lee. The Deputy Minister for gas refineries at the Ministry of Oil, Fayaz Hassan, has told reporters that Iraq owes almost $20 billion (24 trillion Iraqi dinars) to foreign oil companies working in the country. BasNews quotes him as saying that the Iraqi Oil Ministry has met with the Finance Ministry and Central […]
By John Lee. Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (pictured) said on Thursday that oil shipments from Iraq via Turkey now amount to 47 million barrels since the beginning of last. He told a news conference that 57 tankers have loaded Iraqi crude at Ceyhan, bringing revenues of $3 billion (3.6 trillion Iraqi dinars). (Source: Reuters)
By John Lee. UK-based Copperchase has won a $6 million (7.2 billion Iraqi dinar) contract with Hyundai Engineering & Construction to build a new security fence at Karbala oil refinery. The company used a £200,000 loan from the Tees Valley Catalyst Fund loan, which is managed by FW Capital, to secure the performance bond it […]
By John Lee. Genel Energy has announced that it has priced an issue of U.S. $230 million in senior unsecured bonds due 14 May 2019 on the same commercial terms as the existing GENEL01 PRO U.S. $500 million bond. The Bonds were issued at a market price in line with the trading level of GENEL01 […]
By John Lee. Analysts expect Dublin-based Petroceltic International to incur a write-off of just under €114 million ($125 million; 146 billion Iraqi dinars) as a result of abandoning its operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to a report from the Irish Independent, it is also expected to take a cash cost hit of about €6.4 million ($7 […]
By Amberin Zaman for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. As the battle grinds on against the Islamic State — also known as IS, ISIL and Daesh — there is growing concern about the mounting influence of Iran and Shiite militias known […]
By John Lee. Irish-based Petroceltic International has announced that it and its partner Hess will abandon their Dinarta licence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The company told the stock market: "As previously announced on 15 January, drilling operations on the Shireen-1 exploration well in the Dinarta licence (Hess ... (Operator) 64%, Petroceltic 16%, and […]
NYNEX satellite OHG, a leading VSAT systems operator and integrator, has grown its capacity contract with Avanti Communications to extend satellite broadband coverage across Iraq and Syria. Following the successful deployment to Afghanistan and Libya over the last two years via Avanti’s HYLAS 2 satellite, the latest contract extension will enable NYNEX to target professional […]
By John Lee. LUKoil President Vagit Alekperov had a meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, and the country’s Minister of Oil, Adel Abdul Mahdi, in Baghdad on March 22. The discussion focused on progress in the development of West Qurna-2 and the future of the field development. “Our company sticks to its plans to […]
Gazprom Neft is to conduct a 2D seismic survey on the south-eastern section of the Halabja block. The technical equipment and personnel required for the survey are currently being transferred from the south-western section, where the company has already successfully completed a survey spanning 225 linear km. 2D seismic surveys covering approximately 870 linear km […]
