The Oil-Law Showdown
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Supply of Welding Tractor and Filling Pumps
SCOP announces a new tender for supplying a welder tractor (twin arc) 400 A QT.(10) for second strategic pipeline . The country of origin for the materials should be American and the manufacturing year should not be less than 2011. Please click on this link for further information. As well SCOP announces the issuance of […]
Iraq Tagged: ' Middle Income Fragile Country'
By T. Keyzom Ngodup, co-founder and Executive Director at Ideas sYnergy www.ideas-sYnergy.net, an Iraq based private sector development consulting company. IRAQ INSIGHTS, published by Ideas sYnergy aims to consolidate and build intellectual capital on private sector development, empowering stakeholders to address issues of access and structural reforms on a diverse range of topics impacting inclusive […]
IBN Interviews Dr Ali al-Dabbagh - Part 2
Minister Ali al-Dabbagh, Iraqi Government Spokesman, was interviewed by Padraig O'Hannelly for Iraq Business News at last week's Iraq Mining 2011 conference in London. The first part of the interview can be found here. In this second part of the interview, Dr al-Dabbagh discusses the Hydrocarbon Law, the valuation of the Iraqi dinar, foreign investment […]
Iraq 'Very Close' to Buying F-16s
Iraq is reported to be "very close" to signing a letter of intent to buy up to 36 Lockheed Martin F-16 jets, according to Bloomberg. Major General Russ Handy, a senior U.S. Air Force general in Iraq, told reporters at the Pentagon that Iraq would buy a first installment of 18 aircraft, with a potential […]
Iraq: Untapped Opportunities
The Middle East Association, supported by the National Investment Commission of Iraq, UK Trade & Investment and Allurentis, is pleased to announce the 2011 Iraq Trade and Investment Conference, “Iraq: Untapped Opportunities”. This conference will take place at London’s Dorchester Hotel on 22nd November. The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani, will be […]
WesternZagros Announces Resources at Sarqala
WesternZagros Resources has announced that Sproule International Limited ("Sproule") has completed an independent audit of the Company's resource assessment for the Jeribe/Upper Dhiban reservoir interval of the Sarqala-1 well. Sarqala-1 is located in the Company's Garmian Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and was drilled on the crest of the Sarqala structure. Consequently, the […]
Shell Gas Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval
The contract for the giant Shell/Mitsubishi project to capture gas from Iraq's southern oilfields has taken a step closer to completion. Government Spokesman Dr Ali al-Dabbagh told Iraq Business News that Shell has agreed to the changes required by the oil ministry, and that the contract is now awaiting approval by Iraq's Cabinet. The project […]
What's Your Advice to Iraq?
If you're a regular reader of Iraq Business News, you'll know all about the huge opportunities in sectors such as oil and gas, mining, housing, and electricity. You'll also be aware of the sorts of challenges facing the country. But if you could change just three things about Iraq, what would they be? What three […]
GKP Seeks Buyer for Akri-Bijeel block
Gulf Keystone has announced that it plans to sell a stake in one of its oil blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan. In its half-year operational review, the company said it would seek a buyer for its 20 percent interest in the Akri-Bijeel block, which is estimated to hold around 2.4 billion barrels of oil, and which […]
BP, Iraq Differ On Costs Of Water Injection Project
Dow Jones reports that Iraq and BP have not yet reached agreement on reimbursement of costs to build a multi-billion-dollar oil field water injection scheme in southern Iraq. ExxonMobil was chosen to lead the project on behalf of foreign oil companies rehabilitating Iraqi oil fields. Nihad A. Moosa, head of the State Company for Oil […]
Iraq Awards Oil Export Project to Italy's Saipem
Italian firm Saipem, a subsidiary of oil group Eni, has been awarded a $469 million contract to expand oil export facilities in the southern port city of Basra, according to a report from AFP. The agency quotes government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh as saying that the company has to complete the project within two years of […]