More Protests in Iraq
Thousands protested throughout Iraq on Friday in anti-government demonstrations, despite security checkpoints and a vehicle ban in at least ten cities. Baghdad: About 2,000 people demonstrated in and around Liberation Square [Tahrir Square], surrounded by hundreds of security force personnel. Mayor Saber al-Issawi has resigned. Basra: About 1,000 people gathered at the Basra provincial council […]
Iraqi Oil and Gas Recruiter Opens in Basra
Oil and gas companies now have another source for qualified Iraqi oil and gas workers. Al Sabah for Employment Services (SES), an Iraqi-owned company, now has a full time office in Basra with representatives in Baghdad and Kurdistan, all supported by a team of international recruiters. SES is owned by Dr. Sabah Ali, a medical […]
Chemicals and Catalysts for Daura Refinery
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of hardware and equipment for Daura [Doura] refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 8th March: biocide, and corrosion and scale inhibitor (140 tons) 20,000 Kg platinum catalyst 1,000 tons methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) 20,000 Kg de-waxing aid Closing […]
Daura Refinery Tenders for Hardware
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of hardware and equipment for Daura [Doura] refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 8th March: 2 truck trailers 50 km of single-core cable Closing date for receipt of bids is 15th March: Labeling machine and parts Water chiller […]
Lab Equipment Needed at Daura Refinery
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of laboratory equipment for Daura [Doura] refinery. Closing date for receipt of bids is 15th March. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents: Automatic asphaltene analyser Spectrometers Various items of laboratory equipment Various items of laboratory […]
Oil Pipelines Company Tender
Iraq's Oil Pipelines Company has issued a tender for the supply of pipes. The deadline for the receipt of bids is 12 noon on 23rd March. Please click here to download details.
North Gas Company Tenders
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of spares and chemicals for the North Gas Company in Kirkuk. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 8th March (3pm): Reciprocating compressor for refrigeration unit 23rd March […]
Latest Iraq SCOP Tenders
The Ministry of Oil’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has issued a tender for the supply of: Pipes for the Fao project. The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 6th April. A loading bridge at Al Mushahda Depot. The closing date for receipt of bids is 12:00 noon on 20th […]
New Tenders for Grain and Rice
The Grain Board of Iraq (Ministry of Trade) has announced a tender for the supply of: 100,000 tonnes of wheat. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 5th March. 30,000 tonnes of rice. The deadline for bids is 10:00 am Baghdad time on 12th March. If the English version of the documents […]
Weekly Security Update for 3rd March 2011
Overview Conditions continue to worsen in Iraq, with civil unrest gripping cities from Arbil in the north to Basrah in the south over the past week. As well as demonstrations in Kurdistan there has also been a lesser reported rise in ethnic tensions around the city of Kirkuk. The past week has also seen a […]
Allawi Backs Out of New Policy Body
Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya party won the most seats in last year’s election but failed to secure the position of prime minister, has resigned as chair of the National Council on Strategic Policies, because the supervisory council has not been formed. The position was created as a concession in a power-sharing deal that would allow […]
Demonstrations and Deadlines in Iraq
Iraq has seen its share of demonstrations over the past week, with number of fatalities reaching into double figures, public offices being burned, and the governors of Basra and Babil being forced to resign; the governor of Ninewa, a brother of the parliamentary Speaker, has rejected calls from Nouri al-Maliki and others to follow suit. […]