Gulf Keystone Updates on Kurdistan Operations
Gulf Keystone provided an update on Monday morning on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis with a mean value […]
Boycotting Ministers Temporarily Replaced
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (pictured) has backed off threats to fire ministers boycotting cabinet, and has instead named temporary replacements, according to AFP. Maliki's spokesman, Ali Mussawi, said, "we cannot allow the government's work to stop. Their absence gave us two choices -- either fire them or consider them on leave. The cabinet voted that […]
KBR to Revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji
KBR has announced that it has been awarded a contract by First Global Company to revamp the North Fertilizer Plant in Baiji [Beiji, Bayji], Iraq. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license for its proprietary Ammonia Process and related engineering services to increase the plant capacity to 120 percent of the […]
11 New Factories Opened in Duhok in 2011
The chief of industrial development in Duhok has said that 11 new factories were opened in the province in 2011, up from seven 2010. According to the report from AKnews, an additional five factories were sanctioned last year but they are yet to open. All the factories are of private sector. There are 546 factories […]
Need for Food Storage in Sulaimaniya
Food stocks in the governorate of Sulaimaniya are now less than two weeks according to Sirwan Mohammed, the head of Sulaimaniya Chamber of Commerce. He told AKnews that since last year his office has been demanding the government allocate land plots to the Chamber so that it can construct new storage units. He added that […]
Former Major Gets 12 Years for Corruption
A former U.S. Army contracting official has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to bribes paid for contracts awarded in support of the Iraq war. Eddie Pressley, 41, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the prison term. The […]
Assessment of Laboratory Infrastructure and Existing Quality System Arrangements
Project No. FB/IRQ/09/A04 -Assessment of laboratory infra-structure and existing quality system arrangements with reference to compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 standard requirements The UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO), hereby invites you to submit a written proposal for the provision of assessment and technical advice towards achieving international accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025) in the mechanical and materials […]
Supply of Power Generating Sets and Motor Pumps to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture: Supply Contract Forecast
1. Publication reference MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MT/O/12/2011 Lot No.1 (120) Generating Sets, Lot No.2 (250) Motor Pumps(150)M3/h, Lot No.3 (100) Motor Pumps(225)M3/h. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DGCS […]
Supply Contract Forecast - Supply of Solar Powered Pumps to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture
1. Publication reference Ministry of Agriculture - Italian Loan- Contract N o.MT IMl13/20 11 (10) Solar powered Pumps. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofItaly - DGCS 5. Contracting authority Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture […]
Supply of Rotary Tiller to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture
1. Publication refereuce MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MT/B/20111(50) Rotary Tiller. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DOCS 5. Contracting authority Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture I State Company for Agricultural Supplies. […]
Supply Contract Forecast - Supply of Submersible Pumps to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture
1. Publication reference MOA - Italian Loan- Contract No.MTI 1/1112011 (120) Agricultural Submersible Pumps. 2. Procedure Restricted to Italian Legal Persons 3. Programme Soft Loan for agriculture and irrigation sector in Iraq 4. Financing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy - DGCS 5. Contracting anthority Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture I State Company […]
Rumours of Genel Energy Purchase in Chia Surkh
The Sunday Times reports that Genel Energy Plc will announce a deal this week to buy a 40 percent share in Longford Energy's Chia Surkh oil field in northern Iraq. According to the report, the deal would be worth $70 million, and Genel, run by the former CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, declined to comment. […]