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Security Review of Iraq 2010

Trends in 2010 demonstrated that violence is still a concern in Iraq. With opportunities for investment arising in 2011 the outlook for the country is fast improving, but companies looking to take part in Iraq’s economic redevelopment will have to take security into consideration if they are to succeed. Weekly Violence The above chart shows the […]

Weekly Security Update for 5th January 2011

Overview Last week saw a rise in the number of attacks taking place in Iraq. Militant activity was concentrated in the centre of the country and in the northern city of Mosul. There were at least three suicide bombings in Anbar and Ninawa provinces while a Kurdish civilian was reportedly kidnapped in Kirkuk. As warned […]

Maysan Finalises 201 Projects Worth $77m

A total 201 projects costing 90 billion Iraqi dinars (IQD) [$77m] were finalized in Missan within the Provincial Development Budget (PDB) for the year 2010, according to the deputy governor on Saturday. “There were 61 municipal projects, 29 water projects, 24 for sanitary sewage, seven for electricity, four for communications, three for each of reconstruction, […]

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$42m Earmarked for Maysan Marshes

The Maysan [Missan] Provincial Council allocated more than $42 million [49 billion Iraqi dinars] for the development of the province’s marshlands for 2011, a local official said on Thursday. “The ministry of state for the marshes’ affairs have allocated the sum of 49.900 billion dinars to set up service projects in the eastern and western […]

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New Fiber-Optic Broadband for Amara

The Maysan Communications Department has embarked on a project to set up a fiber-optic communications network in the city of al-Amara, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. “Engineers and technicians in the department started works on a project to build a high-quality fiber-optic communications network,” Ali Mahmoud, head of the department, told the agency. […]

Iraq Plans to Spend $9bn on 4 Refineries

Iraq plans to build four new refineries with an announcement expected in 2011, the country's deputy Oil Minister Motassam Akram Hassan said on Sunday, adding that the bidding round could be conducted for all four refineries at once. Reuters reports that total expenditure on the four plants is expected to be at least $9 billion. […]

250 Generators to Improve Electricity in Missan

Aswat al-Iraq reports that 250 generators have arrived in Maysan [Missan] to improve the power network in the province. “Fifty generators arrived in Missan on Friday (Oct. 15) as part of the Iraqi government’s $100-million grant to the province,” Hussein Aziz, media spokesman for the Missan electricity department, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The province […]

Weatherford CEO Sees More Oil Services Mergers

Reuters reports that the Chief Executive of Weathford International, one of the largest suppliers of goods and services to oil companies, said the oil services industry needed more consolidation. Weatherford is currently operating in Iraq's al-Bazerkan oilfield in Amara. "We need to get larger," said Bernard Duroc-Danner, citing the fact that oil services companies face […]

Lebanese Firm Lands Big Housing Project in Maysan

Two investment licenses have been granted to a Lebanese company to establish two residential compounds in the north of Amara, the chairman of the Maysan Investment Commission said on Monday. “MIC granted an investment license to Lebanon’s Home International Corp. to build 700 housing units in Ali al-Gharbi district, north of Amara, at a cost […]