Debate Continues on Legality of Kurdistan's Petroleum Contracts
By Thomas W. Donovan, Managing Partner at Iraq Law Alliance, PLLC. Introduction Several recent events have prompted a return to the lingering debate over the legality of the production sharing contracts entered into by and between the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and around 35 private international companies over the past few years. The KRG, […]
Japanese Companies Target Basra
Japan is to launch an investment offensive in Iraq, starting with the southern city of Basra, the Japanese ambassador to Iraq said on Tuesday, according to a report from AKnews. Speaking at the conclusion of the Japanese investment conference at the Basra International Hotel ("Sheraton"), Mitsuo Sakaba said numerous Japanese companies are looking to get […]
Britain Appoints New Ambassador to Iraq
Mr Michael Aron has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq. He will succeed Mr John Jenkins CMG LVO who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Aron will take up his appointment with immediate effect. Mr Aron joined the FCO in 1984 and served at the British Embassies in Brasilia […]
More Tenders From MRC
Midland Refineries announces the below tenders: -Complete Centrifugal Pump W/Turbine and Base Plate - Lap Master For Lapping Machine For Mechanical SCAL - Lab Equipment - Amphibious Machines - High Reach Rough Terrain Rotating Telehandler -Lab Equipment -Desludging Tank -Bulldozer -Self Propelled Articulating & Telescopic Booms (z-type) -Self Propelled Scissor Lifts Closing Date: 5/7/2011
MRC Announces New Tenders
Midland Refinery Company announces new tenders: - Spare For Steam De Super Heater - Spare Parts For Burner of F-101,201,301,302,501 & 601 - Spare Parts for Burners of Power Former no 2 - Spare for Pumps The Company must submit a covenant enclosed with the technical offer that they have submitted otherwise the offer should be […]
Midland Refineries Co Announces New Spare Part Tenders
Midland Refineries Co announces the following tenders: - Spare Part For Pump -Spares for Centrifugal Compressor - Spare Part - Spare Part - Spare Part for Centrifugal Air Fan Item K-11 New Boiler - Spare Part for Hitachi Pump Type : GM-CH S/NI-766610171-354 - Spare Part For Pump , Type :3 HNN-122 & 153 Please […]
DNO Updates on Kurdistan Operations
Norwegian oil producer DNO issued a report today (Monday) on the status on its activities in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Summail-1 exploration well update The Summail-1 exploration well was spudded on 19 April 2011. The well has now been drilled ca. 25 meters into the Cretaceous interval and hydrocarbon shows were detected while drilling. An […]
The Next Iraqi Oil Round: Issues For Consideration
This work was written by Ahmed Mousa Jiyad, and it is reproduced here with his permission. It was originally published by MEES v54:n23, Monday 6 June 2011. Mr Jiyad is an independent development consultant, scholar and Associate with Centre for Global Energy Studies-CGES, London. He was formerly a senior economist with the Iraq National Oil […]
Construction Begins on $100m, 12-Storey, Karbala Hotel
Construction has commenced on the 12-storey, $100m [120 billion Iraqi dinar] Al Rawdatain five-storey hotel in Karbala in Iraq, reports Range Hospitality CEO Munaf Ali. “The water table in Karbala is very high, which means you dig about 1m down and you hit water, so it is a long and lengthy dewatering process. "Currently there […]
Iraq to Repay $408 million Egyptian Debt
Iraq has agreed to pay $408 million in cash to Egypt to settle old debts owed by Baghdad from more than two decades ago, a government spokesman said. Reuters reports that the debts date back to a period when United Nations sanctions following the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait blocked the payment of salaries that […]
Ministry of Industry Announces New Factories
The Ministry of Industry has announced that it signed a contract to establish a petrochemical factory with a daily capacity of 40 tons capacity, a potable water factory with a capacity of 23 million bottles per annum, and the expansion of a chloral-soda factory. It also granted 52 new industrial licenses. In a statement issued […]
Iraq to Increase Oil Supplies to Jordan by 50%
Jordan's Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, said that Iraq has agreed to increase the volume of daily oil supply to Jordan from 10,000 barrels to 15,000 barrels, with plans to increase the quantity to 30,000 barrels a day eventually. The two countries have agreed in principle to a planned crude oil pipeline stretching between the neighboring […]