Minister Forecasted Partial Opening of Najaf Airport
Minister of Transport Aamer Abduljabbar said on Thursday that Najaf airport will be partially opened in the coming 48 hours. The Najaf council threatened last Monday (April 12) to declare civil disobedience and to close all the local departments if the central government refused to reopen Najaf’s international airport within 3 days. Intelligence reports stated […]
Asiacell Launches New Per Second Billing
Asiacell announced the launch of its new service on the 11th of April 2010, which utilises the per-second billing system as an optional alternative to the per-minute billing system. The new system charges subscribers per second starting from the first second at a competitive rate. They claim that this offer sets Asiacell apart from other […]
Business as Usual for Oil Companies
Markets hate uncertainty, and as the negotiations about forming the next government drag on, there will be an increasing desire to see these talks draw to a conclusion. One of the main areas of uncertainty has been the issue of oil contracts - specifically, whether a new government would honour the deals struck with the […]
Iraq Plans New Licensing Auction for 3 Gas Fields
The Iraqi Oil Ministry is planning to hold a third licensing auction to develop three discovered gas fields Akkas, Mansouriya and Siba by the end of this year.
New State Owned Oil Company - Midland Oil Co.
The Midland Oil Co will help ease the burden from the North, South and Maysan oil companies that are currently overseeing the 10 major oil projects awarded to western oil companies last year.
Iraq Favours Shell, Total, KOGAS for Gas Fields
Iraq will invite 15 companies before the end of the year to bid to develop three gas fields and Royal Dutch Shell, Total and South Korea's KOGAS are the favourites.
Iraq Agrees to reduce signature bonuses on oilfields ..... but
Iraq's Oil Ministry has slashed signature bonuses on two oilfield development deals ...... but is turning them into unrecoverable payments.
Kuwaitis Visit Ahl al-Bayt University
A Kuwaiti scientific and cultural delegation paid a visit to Ahl al-Bayt University in Karbala on Wednesday, the head of the university’s press department said. “The Kuwaiti delegation includes a number of professors and students from different Kuwaiti universities,” Dr. Mohammad Abd Fihan told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The visit aims to acquaint delegates with […]
Creek Lining West Karbala at a Cost of One Billion and 600 Million Dinars
The Governor of Karbala, Amal Al Din Al Her, on Sunday, opened a creek lining project west of the city to reduce waste of water at a cost of one billion, 600 million dinars. The Al Rashdia river lining project which lies in Al Hurr district , (5 km west Karbala) was opened after about […]
Minister Meets Italian Water Companies in Jordan
Water Resources Minister Abdullatief Jamal Rashied headed for Jordan leading an Iraqi delegation to attend a meeting with Italian companies on the strategic study of water resources, a ministry’s statement said on Wednesday. “The long-term strategic study is considered as the future policy for water resources in Iraq,” the minister said in a statement received […]
Zain Changes Management in Iraq
The Zain Group announced today that the management of its Iraq operation, Zain Iraq, will henceforth fall under the direct supervision of the Group's Chief Executive, Nabeel Bin Salamah. The former Zain Iraq CEO, Ali Al-Dahwi, has been appointed special advisor on Iraq for the Zain Group. The Zain Group explained that the move was […]
Iraq, Kurdistan Closer to Solution on Paying Oil Firms
Kurdish and federal Iraqi officials have agreed on potential mechanisms for paying oil firms operating in the Kurdish north but the proposals must be approved by the Iraqi cabinet.