The Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. The Cabinet discussed the needs of Iraq's health sector, and agreed several measures to expand existing capacity and introduce new services. The measures included: Adding additional ward capacity for the treatment of cancer patients at the National Amal Hospital and the […]
Tag Archives | Karbala refinery
Rotork to supply Karbala Refinery Project
By John Lee. British-based engineering company Rotork is to supply the Karbala Refinery project in Iraq. According to a press release from the company, Rotork will provide large quantities of IQ3 non-intrusive intelligent electric valve actuators, designed specifically for automated flow control systems in hazardous environments. Due to open in 2020, the State Company of […]
Mega-sized Cargoes Arrive at Iraq Port
The largest cargoes ever to arrive in Iraq have been unloaded at Basra Multipurpose Terminal (BMT), in the port of Umm Qasr. The four LPG Bullets with unit weights of 665 tons were carried on the MV Happy Star. They measure 65 meters in length and 12 meters in diameter, and will be used at […]
Karbala Refinery Project "Halted ... Solvency Concerns"
By John Lee. Work on a the $6-billion Karbala Refinery Project has reportedly been suspended. According to Korea Times, the work has been halted "due to the Iraqi government's late construction payment, raising concerns about its solvency." The Engineer, Procure and Construct (EPC) contractor for the Karbala Refinery Project is HDGSK, a South Korean joint […]
ALE wins business at Karbala Refinery Project
By John Lee. ALE has been awarded several contracts at the Karbala Refinery Project. The deals include the provision of approximately 50 crawler, rough terrain and mobile cranes, the execution of heavy lifting operations, as well as the heavy transportation of approximately 45 oversized items, weighing up to 250 tonnes each. The project has already […]
Honeywell Wins Contract at Karbala Refinery
Honeywell has announced that it will provide industry-leading process technology and advanced automation controls to Iraq’s Karbala refinery, now under construction in Karbala Province, about 120 kilometers south of Baghdad. According to a statement from the company, the grassroots refinery will use industry-leading refining processes from Honeywell UOP and automation controls from Honeywell Process Solutions […]
Veolia Wins Contract at Karbala Refinery
Veolia Water Technologies has been selected by HDGSK Joint Venture to supply a Zero Liquid Discharge Evaporator and Crystallizer for the Karbala Refinery Project in Iraq. Veolia will engineer, procure and deliver a Zero Liquid Discharge system based on its proven HPD® Brine Evaporator and Brine Crystallizer technologies for calcium sulfate seeded slurry processes. Iraq's […]
Hyundai Wins $6bn Kerbala Refinery Deal
By John Lee. A group of companies led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction has won a $6.04-billion contract to build the new 140,000-bpd Kerbala oil refinery. The Iraqi cabinet approved the deal between the Oil Ministry's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) and the consortium on Tuesday. Construction is to be completed within 54 months. […]
Technip Wins Contract for Karbala Refinery
Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) has awarded French company Technip a significant contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Karbala refinery. This award follows the front-end engineering design (FEED) executed by Technip in 2010. The scope of work will cover two phases: phase […]