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MRC Announces New Tenders

MRC Announces New Various Tenders : -Flexible Hoses -Line Pipe -Volvo Equipment -Spares for screw air compressor -Spares for hot oil heater -Secondary ejector -Burner soot blower , condenser & ejector, boiler spare parts -Burner soot blower, condenser & ejector Please note that the closing date of all the above is 5/8/2011. Click on the […]

New Tenders From Midland Refineries Co

Midland Refineries Co announces the below tenders: -Oil Dispersant For Industrial Cooling Water -Tube -Seamless Pipe For Heater -Lap Equipment -Lap Equipment -Lap Equipment -Low Voltage Electrical Material -Equipments Closing date is 25/7/2011 at 1 o'clock . Please feel free to click on the links above to obtain the original tender's document.

Sterling Abandons Sangaw North, Shares Fall

Shares in Sterling Energy (AIM: SEY), the independent oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in Iraqi Kurdistan, closed the day down just 4% following a disappointing update on its operations at Sangaw North, in which it has a 53.33% working interest. The shares had opened the day down 33%. Flow testing operations […]

Legal Roadblocks for Iraq's Oil?

UPI reports that lawmakers in Baghdad have been asked to ban future oil contracts until a federal law on the energy sector is passed. Adnan Janabi, chairman of the Iraqi Parliament's Oil and Energy Committee, called on legislators to ban future oil contracts until they can pass a federal hydrocarbon law. The country's Oil Ministry […]

Iraq Oil Exports Hit 2.273m bpd in June

Bloomberg reports that Iraq exported 2.273 million barrels of oil a day in June, the most since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country, according to Falah al-Amri, chairman of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO). June oil revenue, at an average price of $105 a barrel, dropped to $7.1 billion from $7.4 billion a […]

CWC’s Iraq Petroleum 2011: 12-14 July 2011

Advertising Feature International oil and gas companies from 70 countries together with key Iraqi oil and gas industry experts will be gathering at the Landmark Hotel, London from 12-14 July for the latest edition of CWC Iraq Petroleum conference. The event will focus on the next phase of developing Iraq’s oil and gas resources as […]

Kuwait Denies Infringement on Border Oilfields

AKnews reports that the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq has dismissed accusations that his country has extracted more than its share of oil from bordering oil fields. Ambassador Ali Mo’men counter-claimed that those behind the allegations  were attempting to stir up ill-feeling between the neighboring states. He told AKnews that Kuwait is making every effort to […]

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DNO Jumps on Merger, London Listing

Shares in Norway-based DNO International jumped 16% on Monday following the announcement of its merger with RAK Petroleum's Middle East and North Africa subsidiaries. A tie-up between the two companies has been rumoured for some time, especially following the boardroom coup that saw RAK's CEO oust DNO's chairman. You can hear a replay of this […]

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No Need for National Oil Company - Oil Minister

The creation of a new Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) to run the country's energy sector is not essential and might confuse the work of the oil ministry, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday, according to Reuters. Iraq's cabinet approved a draft law setting up a new national oil company in 2009, but the agency […]

Mott MacDonald is Engineer for New Erbil Power Plant

Mott MacDonald is owner’s engineer for the conversion of Arbeel Power Plant in Erbil, Iraq from simple cycle to combined cycle. The project, on behalf of Mass Global Investment Company (MGI), will be the first combined cycle gas fired plant in Iraq. The existing plant consists of eight 9E gas turbines, manufactured by GE, operating […]

Iraq Signs $365m Iranian Gas Pipeline Agreement

Iraq signed a $365 million agreement to install a pipeline network to import natural gas from Iran for power stations in the country, according to reports from Bloomberg and Iran Independent News Service. The pipelines will eventually supply 25 million cubic meters of Iranian natural gas a day to the Sadr, al-Quds and South Baghdad […]