By John Lee. Ukrzemresurs LLC, a Ukrainian gas producer and operator of the Akkas gas field in Iraq since 24 April 2024, has announced that it has filed a claim with the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to protect its rights as operator and investor under the Gas Development […]
By John Lee. Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility has announced that Iraq's Korek Telecom has been ordered to pay it nearly $1.2 billion in damages. The judgement by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s International Court of Arbitration relates to allegations of fraud and corruption orchestrated by Korek with a view to unlawfully causing the expropriation Agility's […]
By John Lee. Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan have now spent more than three years in prison in Iraq. The pair were detained in April 2021 by authorities in Baghdad in relation to a dispute over the construction of the new Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters in Baghdad. They […]
By John Lee. Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan have now spent 1,000 days in prison in Iraq. The pair were detained in April 2021 by authorities in Baghdad in relation to a dispute over the construction of the new Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters in Baghdad. They have been […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reportedly been ordered to pay $13 million to Abu Dhabi-based Cardno ME (CME), relating to a dispute over the construction of its new headquarters in Baghdad. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s International Court of Arbitration is said to have made the ruling in February, […]
By Zaid Al-Ali and Ahmed Tabaqchali, for 1001 Iraqi Thoughts. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Commentary: Iraq v Turkey International Chamber of Commerce Final Award (13 February 2023) On 23 May 2014, the Republic of Iraq ("Iraq") commenced arbitral proceedings against […]
By John Lee. Baghdad and Erbil have agreed a deal to resume oil exports from northern Iraq. Exports of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk had been suspended since last week after a ruling from the Paris-based International Court of Arbitration that Turkiye can not allow exports from the autonomous region by pipeline to […]
By Ragip Soylu for Middle East Eye. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 'Hollow victory': Iraq is not really a winner in the Turkey oil arbitration case Ankara is likely to pay only a few hundred million dollars to Iraq, which […]
By John Lee. Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan were suspended on Saturday after a ruling that Turkiye can not allow exports from the autonomous region by pipeline to the port of Ceyhan (pictured). The Paris-based International Court of Arbitration, which operates under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), found that Turkiye was […]
