Overview Levels of violence rose considerably in Iraq last week, making it the worst week so far this year. A spate of bombings in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk left dozens of people dead and injured. The police and military suffered the majority of attacks, but Iraqi oil workers, US soldiers and even three European civilian […]
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has completed repairs to the damaged oil pipeline carrying crude from north Iraq’s Kirkuk fields through Turkey, and pumping resumed after mid-night on Tuesday morning, the Oil Ministry’s official spokesman has confirmed. “The Oil Ministry has completed repairs in the damaged Iraqi-Turkish oil pipeline, exporting crude oil to the Turkish Ceyhan terminal […]
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has issued a tender for the supply of a wide range of spares and equipment for the North Oil Company in Kirkuk. Please click on the following links to download the tender documents. The items, in the order of closing date for receipt of bids: 7th March: digital radio link and […]
Iraq's North Oil Company has issued tenders for the supply of: 1) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). Please click here and here to downoad details. 2) spare parts for wellheads. Please click here to downoad details. The closing dates for both opportunities is 6th February.
Iraq’s North Oil Company has drilled 31 new wells in latest bid to boost output from the aging Kirkuk’s oil fields, according to a report from Azzaman. Oil first was pumped from Kirkuk more than seven decades ago. Kirkuk’s fields, once believed to be one of the world’s largest, have seen their output fall to […]
Iraq's state-owned North Refineries Company yesterday said it had re-started production at its Baiji oil refinery, and was looking to boost production levels to 80 per cent to make up losses after a shutdown, according to a report from Gulf Daily News. The refinery normally operates at 70pc of its capacity. An official at the […]
On the pretext of drilling for oil, the North Oil Company (NOC) requires some Kurdish villagers around Kirkuk's Dubiz township to vacate their homes, and the First Deputy of the township suspects political intent behind the request, according to a report from AK News. The NOC has submitted a letter to Dubiz police to vacate […]
