By John Lee. Genel Energy has issued a presentation relating to its half-year results to the end of June. Click here to download. (Source: Genel Energy)
Genel Energy presentation on Results to the end-June
By John Lee. Genel Energy has issued a presentation relating to its half-year results to the end of June. Click here to download. (Source: Genel Energy)
By John Lee. Revenues at Genel Energy have, as expected, fallen sharply as a result of the closure of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) which brings oil from Northern Iraq to Turkiye's port of Ceyhan. In its unaudited results for the period ended 30 June 2023, Paul Weir, Chief Executive of Genel, said: "The closure of […]
By Dana Taib Menmy for The New Arab. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 'Route of Development': Is Iraq's $17 billion road and rail mega-project feasible? Iraq's 'Route of Development' ["Development Road"; "Dry Canal"] is ambitious, but an unstable political and security […]
On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye in Ankara. At the start of the meeting, Prime Minister Barzani extended his congratulations to President Erdogan on his victory in the recent elections and conveyed his sincere hopes […]
By John Lee. The government of Iraq announced more details this week on its plans to create a transport corridor between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea coast in Turkey. The 1,200-kilometer "development road project", sometimes referred to as the "dry canal project", will link Iraq's Grand Faw port, which is still under construction, […]
From Rudaw. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq signs contracts with buyers of Kurdistan Region's oil: Minister Iraq's oil minister on Thursday told Rudaw that they have signed contracts with four companies to buy about half a million barrels of the […]
By Zaid Al-Ali and Ahmed Tabaqchali, for 1001 Iraqi Thoughts. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Commentary: Iraq v Turkey International Chamber of Commerce Final Award (13 February 2023) On 23 May 2014, the Republic of Iraq ("Iraq") commenced arbitral proceedings against […]
By John Lee. A source, citing unofficial contact with Turkish energy officials, has told Reuters that that a resumption of crude oil exports from Northern Iraq via the Turkish port of Ceyhan (pictured) is expected to take weeks rather than days. Turkish pipeline operator BOTAS has reportedly said that it needs more time to check […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Transport, led by Eng. Farhan Al-Fartousi, Director of the General Company for Iraqi Ports, held a meeting with the delegation from Italian consulting company Progetti Europa & Global S.p.A. (PEG), contracted with the Ministry. The meeting, attended by the Al-Faw Grand Port Authority, focused on the latest designs […]
The Zet International Gate between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey, located in the Soran administration, officially opened on Wednesday. The crossing is open daily between 8am and 8pm. Construction of the new crossing started in 2021, and it is now welcoming tourist travellers. It will open for commercial transport in a second stage. The Supervisor […]
By Adam Lucente for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq asks Turkey to resume oil exports as firms in Kurdistan region scale back Turkey has still yet to restart oil flows from northern Iraq following a controversial court […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, confirmed on Thursday night that the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) told the Turkish company BOTAS to resume export and loading operations at the Turkish port of Ceyhan (pictured), starting on Saturday, 13th May. He added that contracts have been finalized with international companies for the […]
