Nabucco Pipeline May Be Extended to Iraq
Ashti Hawrami says Iraq can fill Nabucco. A day after Iraq said its proven oil reserves surged to world's third biggest, talks are on to extend the Nabucco pipeline to country's Kurdish region. According to Richard Morningstar, the Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy, it is important that natural […]
Bids Invited for Old Iraqi Jets
Iraq wants to sell five decrepit Iraqi Airways planes stranded in Jordan since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, BusinessWeek reported on Tuesday. Fearing strikes on Baghdad's airport, Saddam sent the planes to Jordan for protection when it became clear a U.S.-led coalition would attack Iraq to force it to relinquish Kuwait. Aqeel Hadi Kawthar, […]
Kurdistan Gas Targets Pushed Out
Dana Gas PJSC, Crescent Petroleum, Mol Nyrt and OMV will produce 300 million cubic feet a day of gas from its project in Iraq’s Kurdistan region in 2012, a year later than expected. The production rate is currently 200 million cubic feet a day, Dana Gas said in a statement today. The production rate was […]
Honeywell to Open Office in Baghdad - More to Follow
Industrial manufacturer Honeywell International said on Tuesday that it is opening a full-service office in Baghdad, and plans to open other offices in the country over the next few years. The Baghdad office will supply technology solutions such as process automation equipment to Iraq's oil and gas industry, which is in the midst of re-construction. […]
ShaMaran Starts Drilling at Atrush-1
ShaMaran Petroleum (TSX VENTURE:SNM) has announced the start of drilling operations at the Atrush-1 exploration well in the Atrush Block, Kurdistan. The well is being operated by General Exploration Partners ("GEP"), a company jointly owned by ShaMaran (33.5%) and Aspect Energy (66.5%). The Atrush-1 exploration well was spudded on October 5, 2010. The well which […]
Tehran to Hold Conference on Iraqi Reconstruction
Tehran announced that it will host the second 2010 International Iraq Reconstruction Conference on October 30-31. Secretary General of the conference, Jahanbakhsh Sanjabi, said that 700 traders, directors, industrialists and officials from Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq will get together in the meeting to consider issues regarding regional free trade. He said the conference is […]
First the Cement Plants, then the Cement Bags
Considering the announcements of new cement plants in Iraq to meet the demands of a booming reconstruction sector, it should not be a surprise that someone would spot the need for more cement bags. Işıklar Ambalaj, a package-producing affiliate of Turkey’s Işıklar Yatırım Holding, has decided to build a cement bag factory in northern Iraq, […]
Construction and Investment in Iraq
There have been some positive developments last week in the political stalemate in Iraq. A breakthrough in the negotiations between some of the factions allied to Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki, have brought the formation of the government slightly closer to realization (relatively speaking). All now depends on the negations with the other major players, namely the […]
Olympic Tenders Announced for Fallujah Tourist City
The Iraqi National Olympic Committee in conjunction with the National Investment Commission (NIC) has announced investment opportunities in the Al Faluja [Fallujah] Tourism City as follows:- 1. Establish a parking area , 10 coffee shops, theater, festival park, shopping malls; 2. 10 small coffee shops, 25 tourist houses (of two rooms and a hall), Luna […]
Ashti Hawrami Addresses UK Businesses and Politicians
Dr Ashti Hawrami is Minister for Energy Resources for the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) and will be speaking alongside Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt and Nadhim Zahawi MP at a fringe meeting on October 5th at the Conservative Party annual conference. Iraq’s Kurds have a great and long-standing respect for Britain. In particular, we remember […]
UN Initiative to Alleviate Water Shortages in Iraq
UNESCO has launched a scientific survey of Iraq’s groundwater in an effort to improve the government's ability to address water scarcity in the country. Iraq is currently facing severe water shortages across most parts of the country, with over 7.6 million Iraqis lacking access to safe drinking water, and an agriculture sector suffering from years […]
Experts Urge Changes to Iraqi Investment Law
Two Iraqi economists criticized the Iraqi investment law for supporting foreign investors and sidelining local businessmen, urging the government to amend the law radically. The law opens all sectors and areas of investment to foreign and Iraqi investors, except for oil and gas extraction and production, and banking and insurance. AKnews reports that according to […]