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Iraq Commences Drilling 100th Well at East Baghdad

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced the commencement of drilling the 100th well in the East Baghdad Field (Southern Zone). Operated by Midland Oil Company and EBS Petroleum, a body registered in Iraq to conduct the petroleum operations on behalf of China's ZhenHua Oil, this marks Iraq's first horizontally drilled well in […]

Arak Distillery promotes ambitious New Brand

By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Arak distillery promotes ambitious new brand in defiance of alcohol ban Distiller Amer ad-Doumali launched “Arak Bashiqa” in September, a new brand of the Levant's traditional anise drink whose […]