Tag Archives | Enka Insaat

New Investment at Umm Qasr Port

Basra Multi-purpose Terminal (BMT), the largest multi-purpose port facility in Iraq, announces a major development in the Port of Umm Qasr. Marking a significant expansion to their existing facilities, BMT will be increasing their total investment in Umm Qasr Port to over USD 200 million, aimed to further advance the port in the international trade […]

ENKA's Sulaymaniyah Power Plant wins Award

ENKA's Sulaymaniyah 1,500 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Iraq has been recognized as the Global Best Project of 2017 by Engineering News-Record (ENR) under the Power/Industrial category. Constructed between 2013 and 2016, the plant is designed to work on two types of fuel – natural gas as the primary and diesel as the secondary […]

UKEF helps GE and Enka secure Power Contract

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced that it is supporting the Enka UK and General Electric (GE) consortium with US$117 million in financing to deliver two critical power projects in Iraq. Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP (pictured), UK Minister for International Trade, welcomed the news, saying: "The Department for International Trade through UK Export Finance […]

HEESCO Meets Turkish Companies

By John Lee. The director general of the Heavy Engineering Equipment State Company (HEESCO) has held a meeting with a delegation from the Turkish companies ENKA and Gimtas. Mr. Deiaa Gumar said the two companies recognised the capabilities of HEESCO in making equipment for oil refining, production and transportation, and were keen to cooperate with […]

$3bn Power Plant for Bismaya

By John Lee. Reuters reports that Mass Global will partly finance a $3-billion power plant in Bismaya. The gas-fired, 3,000-megawatt plant is being built by Turkey's Enka Insaat, whose chairman Sinan Tara said it would be financed partly from Mass Global's equity and partly from Iraqi lenders. The project will be built in two phases […]

Enka Wins $4.5bn Power Plant Deal

By John Lee. Turkish construction giant Enka has reportedly struck a deal with the Iraqi government to build two natural gas combined cycle plants in Baghdad and Sulaymaniyah. The two projects combined are expected to provide 3,000 megawatts to the Iraqi grid. According to the report from Daily Sabah, the deal, covering the construction of […]

KRG and Turkey Cooperate to Increase Erbil Power Plant Output

KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday inaugurated the first electricity plant anywhere in Iraq to be converted to a combined cycle system. The conversion will increase the amount of electricity produced without using extra fuel to run the plant, to support the growing electricity needs of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. Speaking at the […]