By John Lee. India is interested in building refineries and petrochemical plants in Iraq, according to a report from the Economic Times. Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily (pictured), who led a 28-member delegation to participate in the 17th India-Iraq Joint Commission meeting in Baghdad, expressed interest in setting up gas-based projects including fertiliser plants. He […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that India said it is interested in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Iraq, with imports of the cleaner fuel becoming attractive after New Delhi decided to raise prices of locally produced gas from April 2014. Iraq has emerged as the second-biggest crude oil supplier to India after supplies from […]
By John Lee. India's external affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, starts a two-day visit to Iraq on Wednesday, during which he will hold talks with top Iraqi leadership on issues including the supply of oil. Khurshid, the first senior Indian leader to visit Iraq since 1990, is expected to call on Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and […]
Avantha Group company CG (Crompton Greaves) has been awarded a $60-million contract for the turnkey construction of four high voltage GIS substations by the Electrical Transmission Project Office of the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq. The company will design, manufacture, deliver and install the substations, thus helping upgrade and reinforce the existing 132 kV […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD) has announced that seven international oil companies (IOCs) have been selected to bid for the development of its Nasiriya oilfield and refinery: Zarubezhneft, from Russia (Up and Downstream); CNPC, from China (Downstream); Brown Energy, from US (Downstream); Reliance Industries, from India (Up & Downstream); Lukoil, […]
By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC) has awarded India's Welspun Corporation an investment licence to establish a factory for the production of iron welded pipes in Basra province. A press release from the Council of Ministers says that the cost of the project is $450 million [dinar?]. (Source: Cabinet)
By John Lee. A joint venture between the Indian companies Shriram EPC Limited (SEPC) and the Mokul Group has bagged an order worth $230 million for the supply and laying of basic sanitary systems in Basra. Shriram EPC, which is part of Shriram Group, is an integrated design, engineering, procurement, construction and project management services […]
By John Lee. The Times of India reports that dozens of Indian nurses have travelled to Iraq in recent days to plug a shortfall in its hospitals and healthcare facilities. Baghdad's Medical City hospital welcomed 35 Indian nurses, while another 31 arrived to work in Diwaniya. Information on hirings in other provinces was not available. […]
By John Lee. Two oil executives in the Kurdistan Region have told Reuters that Chevron is purchasing 80 percent of the Sarta and Rovi blocks from India's Reliance Industries. Austria's OMV holds the other 20 percent interest in Sarta/Rovi. Chevron reportedly declined to comment on Wednesday, saying that it continued to be interested in pursuing […]
By John Lee. America's second-largest energy company, Chevron Corporation, may buy the rights to two oil exploration zones in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to a report from region from the Sunday Times in London, it would acquire the rights from Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise. The deal, which may be announced this week, is […]
By John Lee. India's Reliance Globalcom, the underseas cable unit of Reliance Communications, has said it has launched a joint venture with the Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company (ITPC) that substantially expands the country's broadband and telecommunications links to the outside world. By activating the Al-Faw Cable Landing Station (CLS), the venture will connect Iraq […]
CommLab India has successfully completed a two-month eLearning training program for delegates from Ministry of Oil (MoO), Iraq. 24 professionals representing MoO were trained in all aspects of eLearning such as Instructional Design, Courseware development and Learning Management System at CommLab's premises in India. The officials received an in-depth understanding of the nuances of developing […]
