Wrestling with the Integrity of a Nation: the Disputed Internal Boundaries in Iraq
The disputed internal boundaries in northern Iraq between the Kurds and the Arabs have been a persistent fault-line in the state's history and have rapidly emerged as a core dispute since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. According to a report from Peter Bartu at Chatham House, the Kurds underwrote, more than any other constituency, the […]
CT Business Travel Runs Its First Trade Mission to Erbil
CT Business Travel, a leading UK business travel agent which recently opened an office in Iraq, has successfully hosted its first trade mission in Erbil. CT Business Travel, an expert in corporate travel is the UK’s largest organiser of trade missions, organising and managing up to 3 trade missions every week of the year in […]
United Nations to Discuss Iraq's Chapter VII
The United Nations Security Council will hold a high-level event on 15 December on the subject of Iraq, which will be chaired by United States Vice President Joe Biden, and attended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the US permanent representative to the United Nations announced today. The event will be “an important opportunity for the international […]
Heritage Oil Kurdistan Presentation
Heritage Oil Plc (LSE: HOIL), the independent upstream exploration and production company, has announced that it is hosting an investor day on Saturday in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq ("Kurdistan"). The purpose of the day is to provide attendees with more detail on the Company's operations and strategy in Kurdistan and a presentation will be […]
Preparations Finalised at Halfaya Oilfield
Companies investing in the al-Halfaya oilfield finalized the construction of residence camps and the setting up of drilling equipment to embark on the project on Dec. 15, according to the Missan Oil Company director on Friday. “The consortium of Chinese, Malaysian and French companies investing in al-Halfaya oilfield, 25 km [15 miles] east of al-Amara […]
Iraq And The Security Of Energy Supplies For Europe
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. This article was first published by Middle East Economic Survey (MEES), and is reproduced here with permission. It is a summary of Mr Jiyad's presentation to the Politics and Economics of European Energy Security conference organized by the Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, in Amsterdam on […]
New Tenders at Ministry of Oil
The Ministry of Oil has just issued a new tender for the supply of pumps, motor-sets, fire-fighting equipment, drinking water and intake water, at the Samawa Depot project. Bids are to be received by 12 noon on 9th January 2011. Please click below to download the tender document: SCOP-QR-05-5369-9-1
Weekly Security Update for 2nd Dec 2010
Overview After a quiet ‘Eid ul-Adha levels of violence rose again last week, with at least 46 people killed and over 110 injured in attacks around Iraq. The majority of violence was concentrated in Baghdad and Mosul, with a scattering of activity around Kirkuk, Ba’qubah and the northern fringes of Salah ad-Din province. Basrah airport […]
More Jobs For the Boys
It seems that the newly-appointed Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and his team are having to be increasingly inventive in their efforts to piece together a new cabinet. Creating, in effect, two energy ministries – if indeed these rumours are true – will help increase the size of the cabinet pie that he can then dole […]
Shahristani to Lose Oil Ministry ... Well, Sort Of
A confidante of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claims there will be a shake-up in the oil and energy portfolio when the new cabinet positions are announced. According to Iraq Oil Report, Hussain al-Shahristani will move from his current position as Minister for Oil and Acting Minister for Electricity, into a newly-created Deputy Prime Minister role […]
Japan to Invest $600m in Kurdistan
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has allocated US$600 million [700 billion Iraqi dinars] for service projects in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, according to Aswat al-Iraq. The media director of the Region’s Planning Ministry, Adnan Haji Kaka, told the agency on Wednesday that, "Kurdistan’s Planning Minister, Ali Sindi, has discussed with JICA’s Chairman, Aquari Satochi […]
New Power Stations in Basra
Local government in Basra province announced that a new gas-powered electricity station with a capacity of 500 MW will soon be built in Najibia region in the north of the province. Technical deputy Munthir Niema told NMC that the cost of the station will depend on petro-dollar balance, and its output will be used for […]