By John Lee. Nassiriya suffers from a lack of facilities for family entertainment, which force most families to go to other provinces, mainly during eids and other holidays. Analysts and activists accuse the government of disregarding violation of "green zones" in Iraq. The Iraqi Housing Director, Bassam al-Jaberi, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency: "Nine years […]
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Nassiriyah Oilfield and Refinery to be Offered as Single Contract
By John Lee. Iraq's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate, part of the Ministry of Oil, is preparing for a licensing round to develop the Al-Nasiriya oil field, and to build a refinery in the area. These will be considered as a single complete project, and qualified companies will soon be invited to tender. (Source: Ministry of […]
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Iraq to Set Date Soon for Nassiriya Oil Field Bids
By John Lee. Abdul-Mahdy al-Ameedi, the director of the Iraqi oil ministry's contracts directorate, has said that Iraq will soon set a date for international oil companies (IOCs) to bid to develop the giant Nassiriya oilfield. The largely undeveloped field has estimated reserves of just under 5 billion barrels. According to information from Reuters, there […]
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Japan to Fund Nassiriya Power Station
By John Lee. The Ministry of Electricity announced that it has obtained long term funding from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Nassiriya power station. According to the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA), JICA has approved a $2-billion loan for the project, which would be enough to cover the full cost. AIN, on the […]
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US Firm Wins $60m Affordable Housing Project in Thi Qar
By John Lee. The Thi Qar Investment Commission has approved an Investment License for a $60 million (USD) affordable housing project being developed by Iraq Dream Homes, LLC, a U.S. affordable housing development firm. The housing project “An Nasiriyah Dream Homes-Phase I” consists of 400 units of single-family affordable homes in a master-planned, sustainable community […]
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Iraq Still Hopes to Award Joint Nassiriya Oilfield, Refinery Deal
Iraq's deputy oil minister, Ahmed al-Shamma, said that Iraq still hopes to award a contract for the development of the 4.4 billion barrel Nassiriya oil field and the construction of a dedicated 300,000 bpd export refinery as one package. Iraq excluded Nassiriya from its three previous bidding rounds for oil and gas licences. According to […]
Iraq Plans Refinery When Developing Nasiriyah Oil Fiel
Bloomberg reports that Iraq will ask companies to build an oil refinery when it invites bids to develop the Nasiriyah field south of Baghdad. Abdul- Mahdi al-Ameedi, the head of the ministry’s licensing department, said, “we will not develop the Nasiriyah oil field on its own but in tandem with the establishment of a refinery”. […]
Axens Wins Contract at New Nassiriya Refinery
The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), part of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, has awarded the French-based Axens, a fully-owned subsidiary of IFP Energies nouvelles, the Basic Design and License contracts for the construction of the new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq. Axens will supply the following process technologies for the refinery: H-Oil RC technology […]
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Possible Mini-Auction for Nassiriyah Oilfield
Reuters reports that four international oil companies(IOCs) have shown an interest in developing the Nassiriyah oilfield in Iraq. A senior oil official said on Sunday that Iraq may hold a mini-auction for the largely undeveloped field, following a number of unsucessful attempts to reach agreement with foreign firms. Talks with a Japanese group led by […]
Honeywell Chosen for Nassiriya Refinery
UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq. The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell’s UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of […]
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Companies Bid for South Iraq Oil Field
American, Japanese and Chinese companies have submitted bids to develop the al-Qatiaa oil field west of the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Oil Ministry is studying the offers from the three companies, Hussein Aziz, head of the municipality of al-Shatra in Nassiriya province, told reporters. He did not […]
Eni Interested in Investing in Nassiriyah Oilfield
Italy’s energy giant Eni is still interested in investing in the Nassiriya oilfield, Italy's ambassador to Iraq has said. Ambassador Gerardo Caranti was visiting Iraq to evaluate the progress of several projects and to study future suggestions. "We have several projects in Iraq at a cost of more than $2 billion," he told Aswat al-Iraq […]