Tag Archives | Taji

Iraq Launches Tender for Baghdad-Baiji Railway Upgrade

By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Transport has announced a tender for the design and completion of the Baghdad-Baiji railway line, with plans to upgrade the Taji-Baiji section to UIC60 standard gauge. Partially funded by the World Bank under the Emergency Development Project, the contract covers design and construction work to modernize the current […]

New Steel Plant opens in Baghdad

By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani inaugurated the first phase of the Continuous Casting Plant at the General Company for Steel Industries in Taji, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday. The plant, which has been rehabilitated, modernized, and operated, has a production capacity of 600,000 tons annually. It specializes in melting and casting […]

Oil Ministry Completes Rehabilitation of Gas Pipeline

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced that the Oil Pipelines Company has completed the first phase of rehabilitating the 12-inch dry gas pipeline from the East Baghdad field to Taji power station. Mr. Ali Abdul Kareem Al-Moussawi, the Director General of the Oil Pipelines Company, stated that the company's technical and engineering […]

Iraq Promotes Liquified Gas for Vehicles

By John Lee. The Undersecretary for Liquidation and Distribution Affairs at Iraq's Ministry of Oil, Hamid Younis, has said that the shift towards the use of liquified gas for vehicles is a strategic project for Iraq, which promotes sustainable development and supports the national economy, and is supported by the government and the Ministry. He […]

UltiSat wins Satcom Contract with SOS Int'l

UltiSat has been awarded a contract by SOS International (SOSi) to provide an integrated and managed satellite communications network solution in Taji, Iraq. SOSi is a provider of logistics, construction, training, intelligence, and information technology solutions to clients in the defense, diplomatic, intelligence and law enforcement communities. UltiSat is tasked to deploy, operate, and maintain […]

Taji Power Plant Goes Online

Iraq’s future is a 168 megawatt brighter today as the Ministry of Electricity and the Emirati firm Uruk Engineering & Contracting announced that the Taji Power Plant Project is now online and operational. The Ministry of Electricity had launched a “fast track” program for its power generation projects following the announcement; and the Taji development […]

Weekly Security Update for 1st December 2011

As the US military withdrawal continues, levels of violence rose in Iraq over the past week. Incidents were concentrated in Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk, while the southern city of Basrah also saw a bomb attack the day before an international oil and gas conference opened in the city. Otherwise there has been a countrywide rise […]

Three Firms Bid to Build 1,014 MW Power Plant

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity said on Wednesday that it had received bids by three foreign companies to build a 1,014 megawatt gas power plant in the town of Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad. Reuters reports that South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction bid at around $500 million, Egypt's Orascom Construction at $463 […]