Iraq Has Imported 800k Tons Wheat
Iraq’s Trade Ministry has received 798,267 tons of wheat so far this year in different parts of Iraq, the Assistant Director General of the state-owned General Company for Trading of Crops, Jassem Mohammed Awad, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Sunday. Iraq’s wheat crop is very important, but it only produces about half of the […]
Conference on Child Labor in Dohuk
A conference against child labor began in Dohuk on Sunday. According to the report from Aknews, the event is hosted by an organization called Nubahar, an NGO that fights child labor. “The findings of the conference will be sent to related committees in the Kurdish parliament and to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs”, […]
GFC Announces A New Tender For Supplying A Body Plate For L.P.G Cylinder
Gas Filling Company announces a new tender for supplying a body plate for L.P.G Cylinder. Manufacturer companies & their approved agents companies only who are interested in participating in this tender can refer to Gas Filling Company in Baghdad-Taji to purchase a copy of the tender document after announcement in the official newspapers against (250 […]
New Quotation of Spares for Ajeel Gas Field Scrubber
North Gas Company announces a new quotation of spares for Ajeel Gas Field scrubber. Offers must be in sealed envelopes (technical & commercial offers) with indent number & closing date clearly mentioned on the envelopes, addressed to the attention of B.B.C (Broadly Bids Box) at North Gas Company , Po box: 16 , Kirkuk , […]
Iraqi Drilling Company Invites To Bid For A New Tender.
Iraqi Drilling Co announces a new Supplying different vehicles tender , in accordance to the conditions and specifications , which can be obtained from the IDC headquarter in Baghdad the bidder will pay (300.000) three hundred thousand Iraqi Dinars for the tender's documents. IDC will not be obliged upon accepting lower offers that does not […]
Sterling Energy Slumps on Kurdistan Update
Shares in Sterling Energy (AIM: SEY) lost nearly a third of their value on Monday morning following an update on the company's operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. The British company has a 53.33% working interest in the Sangaw North block. A flow test has been completed across the open hole section of the Sangaw North-1 well […]
Iraq Hikes Basra Oil Prices for July
Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) has adjusted its official selling prices on Sunday for its Basra Light and Kirkuk crude grades for July. In common with some other countries, Iraq’s oil is priced relative to regional benchmark prices: For shipments to US, contracts are priced are relative to the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI); […]
Jordan to Drill at Iraq Border by end-2011
Jordan's official news agency, Petra, reports that drilling will start at the Risha natural-gas deposit straddling the country’s border with Iraq by the end of the year. Citing Energy Minister Khalid Touqan, the agency says work will start at the first of two wells to be initially drilled at a depth of between 3 kilometers […]
Boardroom Coup at DNO Fuels Bid Speculation
Norwegian investor Berge Gerdt Larsen was booted out as chairman of DNO International on Thursday, in a boardroom coup led by majority shareholder RAK Petroleum. RAK chief executive, Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani (pictured), was voted in as new chairman at the Norwegian independent’s annual general meeting in Oslo, after the Middle East shareholder disclosed its plan to […]
$3bn to be Spent on 5,100 US Mercenaries for Iraq
Speaking to the Commission on Wartime Contracting, Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy (pictured) said that the State Department intends to spend approximately $3 billion hiring 5,100 private security contractors to serve in Iraq. The State Department has repeatedly discussed the creation of this force for after the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq, which […]
UN / Uni of Basra Support Iraqi Marshlands
Under the title, “Rethinking Strategies for a Sustainable Future”, the national conference on the Marshlands was held in Basrah on 6 – 7 June, in order to build a national consensus on the basic principles that will guide future projects and activities in the Marshlands and raise awareness of the prospects for rehabilitating the area. […]
EgyptAir Opens New Routes to Baghdad and Erbil
EgyptAir has announced that it will start operating direct flights to Baghdad and Erbil starting mid July 2011. This decision comes as one of the steps taken by EgyptAir to build new markets and to link Iraq with Europe and North America through Cairo Hub. “We will start operating 7 weekly flights to Iraq , […]