Appraisal Wells Planned for Garraf
Malaysia's Petronas and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) are planning to award a deal shortly to drill several wells at Iraq's untapped Garraf [Gharraf] oil field in southern Iraq, a company executive said. The consortium is planning to drill two appraisal wells at Garraf, in Dhi Qar province, starting in November, he said. "We have issued […]
Maysan Receives $42m from Oil
Maysan will receive 50 billion Iraqi dinars [$42m], having been allocated one dollar for every barrel of oil produced from its fields, according to chairman of the Maysan Council. “After the Iraqi government’s approval to allocate one dollar for every oil barrel produced in the oil-producing provinces, Missan will receive 50 billion dinars this year,” […]
Kurdish Crude Oil Still Smuggled to Iran
Despite a pledge by Iraqi Kurdistan to crack down on the flow of fuel being smuggled to Iran, the only real impediment truck drivers say they face are long lines that force them to wait for days to cross, according to a report from Reuters. Perhaps around 100 tanker trucks corralled into groups of 10 […]
Arabs Are Top Investors in Kurdistan
Investors from Arab countries have led other foreign investors in the Kurdistan Region in the last two years with nearly $2.7 billion (3.2 trillion Iraqi dinars) of investment in various sectors of the Region’s economy, a senior official of the Kurdistan Investment Board (KIB) told AKnews. “Four Arab countries -- Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan […]
New Patent Center for University Students
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has opened a centre for students who have been awarded patents, according to the head of the ministry’s media department. "An innovation and excellence center for University students was opened in Baghdad and it caters to the outstanding and creative students that won patents and awards," Siham […]
Damac's $15bn Project in Erbil Cancelled
A 55 billion U.A.E. dirham ($15 billion) property development that was to have been built in Iraqi Kurdistan by Dubai-based developer Damac Properties has been cancelled, reports Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National on Thursday. The Tarin Hills project was to be a mixed-use development including luxury villas, two five-star hotels, a theme park, golf course, […]
Maliki Urges Iranian Companies to Invest in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on Iranian companies to contribute in the reconstruction operations in Iraq, according to a statement of his office. “This came during al-Maliki’s meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Hussein Qomi [Hassan Kazemi Qomi] , at the end of his term in the country,” said the statement received by Aswat […]
Australian Ambassador, Najaf Governor Discuss Investment Cooperation
The Australian Ambassador to Baghdad, Robert Tyson, paid a visit to Najaf to foster economic, cultural and scientific relations, Najaf's governor said this week. Adnan al-Zarfi said he received the Australian ambassador on Wednesday (July 21), with whom he dicussed ways of boosting economic, scientific and cultural relations between the local government in Najaf and […]
Banks’ bonus issues a disappointment so far
It’s always been a bit of a mystery why anyone should care about bonus share issues. Since a company’s retained earnings are already owned by the shareholders, you would think that converting these earnings into shares shouldn’t have any effect on an investor’s returns. Following a bonus, the share price should logically fall by an […]
Moody’s Boosts Petronas Rating on Iraq Exposure
Energy Risk reports that Moody's has raised its rating of Malaysian state-owned Petronas's A1 senior unsecured debt from negative to stable, despite the group's riskier business profile following a major acquisition of a large oil field in Iraq. "We expect the company's $20 billion capital expenditure for the Iraqi fields to be spread out over […]
Oil Espionage: Laptops Stolen
An official security source in Iraqi Oil Intelligence said on Tuesday that four laptop computers were stolen from the legal department of the South Oil Company and were smuggled into Kuwait, and that the company didn’t take any legal action against those involved. According to the report from AK News, the source, who preferred anonymity, […]
New Investment Opportunities in Dhi Qar
The head of the investment and strategy committee of Dhi Qar provincial council, Ahmad Taha, announced that a new round of investment licenses will be awarded soon to foreign and Arab firms. The licensing round will include waste recycling, environment, electricity and gas stations projects. Al SumariaTV also reported that "oil refineries will be established […]