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MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. has informed the markets that it has finished the testing of the first well, Bijell-1 in Akri-Bijeel Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The cased hole test performed in the depth of 3,804 – 3,967 m from Jurassic formations produced 2,700 bbl/d 12-13 °API oil through 40/64” choke. […]
According to a report from Interactive Investor, foreign oil companies operating in Kurdistan have been thrust into the limelight as the race for a new Iraqi Prime Minister gets underway. There are over 25 international oil companies operating in the region, including UK-listed Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE: GKP) and Heritage Oil (LSE: HOIL). AIM-listed Gulf […]
The University of Cincinnati is one of only a handful of American universities to be selected for an international partnership to rebuild Iraq’s educational system and its economy. UC President Gregory H. Williams and Salahaddin University-Hawler President Ahmed Anwar Dezaye celebrated the partnership in a formal Nov. 4 partnership-agreement-signing ceremony at the UC Teachers College. […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Department of Foreign Relations held a farewell reception for Mr Jeremy Macadie, Consul General of the United Kingdom, and Ms Moraig Henderson, Head of the Erbil Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq. Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir, the Head of the Department of Foreign Relations (DFR), said, “I would […]
From Reporters Sans Frontieres: The press freedom situation is better in Iraqi Kurdistan than it is in neighboring regions, and with 850 media outlets officially registered and 5,000 journalists, has considerably improved over the last decade. Yet the number of attacks against journalists has also grown steadily over the last two years. Police and security […]
France is expected to help Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to develop the agriculture sector, according to the French Minister of Foreign Trade who opened a French agriculture house in Erbil on Monday. Anne-Marie Idrac arrived in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, after landing in Baghdad the day before in what became the first […]
Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE: GKP) jumped 6.5% on Monday morning following an update on theie current exploration and testing activities in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Shaikan-3 The well is currently in the Cretaceous Garagu Formation at 1,229 metres, measured depth. Oil shows have been observed both while drilling and also in a […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government has requested declarations of interest from companies wishing to participate in tourism projects in the Dukan region (pictured). The following is the un-edited text of their announcement: Declaration to all investment companies, local and foreign businesses: Within the ongoing efforts of the Kurdistan Regional Government and direct supervision of the Directorate […]
Request for expressions of interest: Technical assistance to Kurdistan Investment Board The Kurdistan Board of Investment of the Kurdistan Regional Government (BoI - KRG) seeks professional assistance to enhance the quality of the board's evaluation process from various perspectives, including the technical review and assessment of the investment proposals submitted to the board. The main […]
AKnews reports that 12 Danish companies are planning to open representative offices in the Kurdistan Region. The report follows the visit from a Danish trade and industry delegation to Erbil this week. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s coordinator in Denmark, Dlawar Azhgayi, told AKnews the delegation sought to introduce the companies to the Region as […]
Kurdistan's Prime Minister, Barham Salih, asserted that Kurdistan has had a successful oil policy and that any prospective government must allow the region to manage its own oil autonomously, according to a report from Rudaw. Due to the policy under which the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has signed dozens of contracts with foreign companies independently […]
Erbil Building Trade Solo Exhibition will be held in Erbil from 3rd to 6th of March 2011 in the Sami Abdulrahman Park Exhibition Centre Erbil is ready to host building and construction industry professionals in this essential event with its growing market and population of 8 million. Erbil Building Trade Solo Exhibition is the greatest […]
