By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Daewoo fulfills Iraq's Faw Port despite obstacles The head of Iraqi Ports in the Ministry of Transportation signed a contract Dec. 30 with the South Korean company Daewoo […]
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Daewoo signs $2.6bn Iraq Port Deal
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Transport has signed a contract with Korea's Daewoo to complete five infrastructure projects at the Grand Faw port. The contract includes the construction of a 14-kilometer navigation channel extending to the sea, the basin for the ships that will dock at the port, and an underwater tunnel, which is […]
Daewoo in $2.6bn Iraq Port Deal
By John Lee. The Iraqi cabinet has authorised the Director General of the General Company of Iraqi Ports to sign a contract with the South Korean company Daewoo to construct the first phase of the Al-Faw Great Port project in Basra. The project will be supervised by the Italian consulting company Technital. Reuters reports that […]
Daewoo Wins $86m Iraq Order
By John Lee. South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction has reportedly won an $86 million order to build a prefabrication yard for a tunnel project at the new Al Faw Grand Port in Basra. Under the deal with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), Daewoo will complete the Khor Al-Zubair immersed tunnel prefabrication […]
Daewoo Wins $70m Iraq Order
By John Lee. South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction has won a US$70.35 million order to build entrance roads for the new Al Faw Grand Port in Basra. Under the deal with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), Daewoo will complete the 14.5 kilometer-long road by May 2021. Earlier this year, the company […]
Daewoo Wins $589m Gas Separation Contract
By John Lee. Iraq's cabinet has approved an $589 million oilfield service contract with South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction. The contract, approved on Tuesday, is for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas separation facility at the Zubair oilfield. Production at the field is planned to increase from the current 320,000 barrels per […]
Cabinet Approves $700m Daewoo Deal
By John Lee. Iraqi Cabinet has authorised the Transport Ministry to sign the breakwater project for Great Fao [Faw] Port in Basra with the South Korean company Daewoo Engineering and Construction. According to a report from Aswat al-Iraq, this phase of the project will cost 521.56 million Euros. (Source: Aswat Al Iraq)
Iraq Plans Oilfield Contract Award to Koreans
By John Lee. Businessweek reports that Iraq plans to award contracts at the Zubair oil field the the Korean companies Samsung Engineering, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Daewoo Engineering & Construction. Oil minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] (pictured) has told reporters: “We are in the last stages in attributing the project entirely to three Korean companies ... […]
Iraq Shortlists Candidates for Jordan Pipeline
By John Lee. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Iraq has shortlisted 12 international companies to build the new $18-billion oil export pipeline to Jordan, the country's first such pipeline in decades. Iraq's oil ministry has chosen these companies from a list of more than 80 international firms which submitted their credentials to build […]
Daewoo Wins $709m Gas Contract
By John Lee. Daewoo Engineering and Construction has won a $709-million contract to upgrade the Akkas gas field in Anbar province, near the Syrian border, the Iraqi cabinet secretary announced. The South Korean company will provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a central processing facility in the field. Construction of the new facility is […]
Iraq Shortlists 2 to Build Breakwater
By John Lee. Iraq has announced a shortlist of two companies to build a breakwater for the $6 billion first phase of its Grand Fao port development. The director general of the State Company for Iraqi Ports, Omran Radhi (pictured), told Bloomberg that the Archirodon Construction Company submitted the lowest bid of 204 billion dinars […]
16 Firms Bid to Build $412m Grand Faw Breakwater
By John Lee. Sixteen companies have bid to build a 480 billion-dinar ($412 million) breakwater for Iraq's Grand Fao [Grand Faw] port. Omran Radhi, director general of the State Company for Iraq’s Ports, told Bloomberg that the list of bidders includes: Hyundai Engineering & Construction; Daewoo Engineering & Construction; Dredging International; China Communications Construction Company; […]