Japan Insures Mitsubishi's Iraqi Gas Project
Bloomberg, quoting the Nikkei newspaper, says Mitsubishi's gas project in Iraq will receive long-term trade credit insurance from Japan's state-backed Nippon Export and Investment Insurance. According to the report, this is the first time in 21 years that Japan has provided this facility for a venture in the Middle East. The company will insure Mitsubishi’s […]
New Al-Faw Port to Cut Shipping Costs to Europe
According to a report from Iraq's National Media Centre, the new port at Faw [Fao], when completed, will reduce transport costs between Europe and Asia. Salah al-Khadir said the project will shorten the distance between Iraq and the other countries of the world, and especially the vessels coming from Asia to Eastern Europe, indicating that […]
Former Austrian Chancellor: EU Should Source Energy in Kurdistan
In a recent interview on EU's energy security with World Security Network Foundation (WSN), former Austrian Chancellor Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel (pictured) said that Europe should also diversify sources of energy supply by looking, for instance, to the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Europe is heavily dependent on Russia for its energy supply, especially natural gas, which […]
Iraq Cuts Crude Prices for February Delivery
Iraq, the third-largest producer in OPEC, cut the official price formulas for all its crude grades and destinations for February, according to price lists published by the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO). Basrah Light and Kirkuk, the two grades sold by the Middle Eastern state, will sell for 20 cents a barrel less in February […]
Iraq Buys 120,000 tons Rice and Grain
Iraq has bought 120,000 tonnes of rice from abroad, Muthanna Jabbar, director general of Iraq's grains trading board, told Reuters on Sunday. He said Iraq bought 90,000 tonnes from the United States, and the remaining 30,000 tonnes from Argentina and Uruguay. Iraq, one of the world's biggest importers of rice and wheat, issued a tender […]
Canadian Court Rules Against Iraq in Aircraft Dispute
An appeal by the Iraqi government against Kuwait Airways' (KAC) claim over the theft of its aircraft during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has been summarily dismissed by a Canadian court of appeal, Arabian Aerospace has reported. Last year, KAC seized Iraqi Airways and the State of Iraq interests in an order of new aircraft […]
Iraqi Drilling Company Plans 76 Wells in 2011
Iraq's state-run Iraqi Drilling Company plans to drill 76 wells in 2011 as part of a national effort to boost oil output to more than 200,000 barrels per day, the head of the firm said on Friday. According to Reuters, the firm's director, Idrees al-Yassiri, said the plan included drilling more than 15 wells at […]
Emerson Awarded Basra Oil Monitoring Contract
According to a report in The Engineer, Iraq’s South Oil Co. has awarded Emerson Process Management a contract to provide crude oil metering systems and related technologies for the new Al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) now under construction in the Persian Gulf. The new terminal, which includes both onshore and offshore facilities, will boost Iraq’s oil […]
Govt Demands $175m for Baghdad Summit
The Iraqi government has officially demanded that parliament allocate 206 billion Iraqi Dinars (IQD) [$175m] from the 2011 public budget for the Arab Summit in the Baghdad in March Shuwan Mohammed Taha, a Kurdish member to the Iraqi parliament, told AKnews that since the budget for hosting the summit is high, the presidency of the […]
Iraq Agri Ministry Takes Action Against Drought
Iraq's Agriculture Ministry announced on Saturday the launch of a national project to safeguard against drought and reduce its impacts on the agricultural sector to be effective by 2015. Ministry spokesman Samir al-Obeidi told AKnews that the nationwide program requires improving the irrigation systems of more than three million acres of agricultural land. Obeidi said […]
Iraq, Iran to Start Demarcating Border Soon
Iran-Iraq joint committee will start demarcating their borders in the near future, according to report published on Fars news agency on Friday. Fars reported an Iraqi deputy foreign minister as saying that a joint committee has been established in this regard to start a new demarcation of the common borders. He expressed hope that the […]
45 Companies Qualified for 3rd Round of Licences
Forty-five companies are qualified to compete for the third round of oil licenses, Iraq's oil minister said on Wednesday. "The coming round will be bigger than the previous ones due to the improvement of the security and political situation in Iraq,' Abdulkarim al-Luhaiebi [Luaibi, Elaibi] told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "There is a new project […]