Iraq Stock Market Report
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th December 2014). Note: ISX will be closed during December 30, 2014 - January 6, 2015 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Please click here to download a table of listed companies […]
Iraq Buys 200,000 Tonnes of Wheat
By John Lee. The Iraqi Grain Board has bought 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat from Canada, the United States and Australia, Reuters reported on Monday: 100,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, from trading house Richardson at $331.65 a tonne c&f free out (ciffo); 50,000 tonnes of US wheat, from trading house Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) at $333.87 […]
Currency Auction Results, 29th Dec
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 16 banks took part in its currency auction on Monday. A total of $181,066,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
CWC’s 4th Kurdistan-Iraq Oil and Gas Conference
Highlights from December’s London Conference. By Robert Tollast. According to current plans, the Kurdish region of Iraq will be able to export 1 million barrels of oil in the not too distant future--by some accounts by the end of 2015. By 2020 as much as 10 billion cubic metres of gas will be exported from […]
New Oil Discovery at Block 9
Kuwait Energy has announced that the consortium comprised of Kuwait Energy (70% and operator) and Dragon Oil (30%) has made its second oil discovery at 'Block 9', Iraq. The successful discovery was at the consortium's second target, the Yamama formation at 4,000 meters, in its Block 9 exploration well, ‘Faihaa-1’, located in Northern Basra, Iraq. […]
US Approves $2.4bn Iraq Tank Deal
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for M1A1 Abrams tanks and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.4 billion. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 175 Full Track M1A1 Abrams Tanks with 120mm Gun modified and upgraded to the […]
Emirates Airline, Boeing Deliver Aid to Iraq
Emirates Airline and Boeing partnered with a US-based non-profit organization, Another Joy Foundation, to transport a consignment of critically-needed blankets and sleeping bags on board the airline’s newly delivered Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range). This is the sixth time since 2009 that Emirates and Boeing have collaborated to transport humanitarian aid to countries to the needy in […]
A Year of Iraq's Best Bloggers
2014 has been a stellar year for our dedicated panel of Expert Bloggers. As we draw the year to a close, our newsletter this week highlights just some of their contributions from the previous twelve months. We'd like to thank all of them, and our Guest Bloggers, for their expert analysis and comment, and we […]
US Tackles ISIL Oil Trade
By Padraig O'Hannelly. The Director for the Middle East & Asia at the US State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources has said that while the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, IS) is not able to fully exploit the oilfields under its control, it could be able to produce as much as 50,000 barrels of oil a […]
DNO in Kurdistan: "We've Only Just Begun"
By Padraig O'Hannelly. DNO Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani (pictured) has given an upbeat assessment of the company's operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. Addressing CWC's Kurdistan-Iraq Oil & Gas Conference in London last week, he said that the Tawke well was on target to hit a cumulative output of 100-million barrels of oil at some point in the […]
Zebari Presents "Real" 2015 Budget
By John Lee. Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari (pictured) has taken a brutally realistic stance on the passing of Iraq's 2015 budget, Reuters reports. Zebari has previously been frank about the challenges Iraq faces and the war economy situation the country is now in. The Finance Minister noted how, "The strategy was to present a real budget - […]
Jordan to Train Iraqi Troops
By John Lee. Jordan has long been host to the training of Iraqi forces following the 2003 war, and US led training of Iraqi Special Forces continued there even after the US withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011. Until now however, the Hashemite Kingdom has not directly trained Iraqi infantry. This is about to change […]