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Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.

Baiji Refinery 'Back to Normal'

A spokesman for Iraq's Oil Ministry has told AFP that production levels at the Baiji [Bayji, Beiji] oil refinery returned to normal on Friday, just six days after being damaged in terrorist bombing. If true, this contradicts earlier estimates that it would take several weeks to repair the unit. Assem Jihad said "the damaged unit […]

Iraqi Oil and Gas Recruiter Opens in Basra

Oil and gas companies now have another source for qualified Iraqi oil and gas workers. Al Sabah for Employment Services (SES), an Iraqi-owned company, now has a full time office in Basra with representatives in Baghdad and Kurdistan, all supported by a team of international recruiters. SES is owned by Dr. Sabah Ali, a medical […]

Chemicals and Catalysts for Daura Refinery

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of hardware and equipment for Daura [Doura] refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 8th March: biocide, and corrosion and scale inhibitor (140 tons) 20,000 Kg platinum catalyst 1,000 tons methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) 20,000 Kg de-waxing aid Closing […]

Daura Refinery Tenders for Hardware

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of hardware and equipment for Daura [Doura] refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 8th March: 2 truck trailers 50 km of single-core cable Closing date for receipt of bids is 15th March: Labeling machine and parts Water chiller […]

North Gas Company Tenders

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of spares and chemicals for the North Gas Company in Kirkuk. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 8th March (3pm): Reciprocating compressor for refrigeration unit 23rd March […]

Latest Iraq SCOP Tenders

The Ministry of Oil’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has issued a tender for the supply of: Pipes for the Fao project.  The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 6th April. A loading bridge at Al Mushahda Depot. The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 20th […]

Iraq Oil Exports Up Again in Feb

Reuters reports that Iraq exported an average of 2.202 million barrels per day in February, up from 2.16 million bpd in January, and the highest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Falah Alamri, head of the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO), said exports from the northern fields, which included crude from the country's Kurdish region, […]

Baiji Refinery Partially Re-Started

Iraq restored partial operation at its largest oil refinery on Monday after a two-day shutdown due to a bomb attack, Reuters reports. "We have restarted production operation at 50 percent of the original capacity on Monday," Abdul-Qader Saab, the refinery's deputy manager, said. The militants planted explosives at a kerosene and benzene production unit at […]

Iraq Oil Exports Up Again in January

Revenue from Iraqi crude oil exports rose to $6.08 billion in January, the most in more than a year, the country’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has reported. The average price for Iraqi oil was $90.78 a barrel, compared with $86.31 in December and $80.59 in November. Exports increased last month by about 10 percent […]

Turkish Company Considers Power Plant in Iraq

Turkey’s Tekfen Insaat, a construction company active in 12 countries, aims to build a power plant in Iraq together with a French company as Iraq’s risk profile improves, chief executive Umit Ozdemir said, according to the Kipp Report. The company is looking into projects in the southern part of Iraq, ha told a conference in […]