ShaMaran Petroleum has announced an update of estimated contingent and prospective resources for the Atrush block provided by third party auditors McDaniel & Associates prepared as at December 31, 2012 in accordance with standards set out ...
Sterling Energy has announced that it is withdrawing from the Sangaw North Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) in Kurdistan. Shares in the company were trading down 3.3 percent on Friday morning: Interpretation of the 2D ...
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An international jury at the Emerging Markets Airport Show in Dubai has voted Erbil International Airport the best airport amongst emerging market airports with less than five million passengers per annum, across Africa, the Middle East and ...
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Iraq has again told Exxon Mobil that it must choose between working in its southern oilfields or in Kurdistan. Reuters reports that Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] expects the company to make a final decision within a few days, ...
Since August 2010 the UNFPA Iraq Country Office has been supporting nine staff of the Iraqi Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Kurdistan Regional Statistical Office (KRSO) to get their Master’s and PhD degrees in Demography ...
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WesternZagros Resources has announced a fourfold increase in the Company’s contingent resource estimates at the giant oil discovery on the Kurdamir Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Shares closed up 2.7 percent on Monday, but ...
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Iran Daily reports that trade between Iran and Iraq exceeded $10 billion in the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2012). Speaking at a seminar on trade and investment in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, which was held by Isfahan Chamber ...
Reuters reports that Iraq has sweetened the terms for oil contract buyers and is becoming more competitive on pricing. Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi], who met customers in Vienna last month on the sidelines of the OPEC meeting, ...
Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Iraq's 2013 winter grain prospects appear to be good to excellent condition at this time. Late fall and early winter rains as well as ...
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Douglas-Westwood conducts comprehensive industry study into Iraq and Kurdistan Drilling and Oilfield Services market 2012-2016 The potential scale of the Iraqi oil sector is unprecedented in modern times, and represents a significant ...
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held talks with ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson (pictured) on Monday. AFP reports that the meeting was the first between the two since the firm signed an oil exploration agreement with Kurdistan in October ...
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In 2012, 947,600 passengers used Erbil’s new International Airport, a 53% increase on the previous year, whilst cargo tonnage also increased dramatically, with a 54% increase to 27,849 tonnes per annum. The 2012 passenger count ...
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The United Kingdom’s Trade Minister Lord Green met with local business leaders, British company executives, as well as the Iraq Britain Business Council representatives in Basrah today (23rd). The hour long meeting focussed on the ...
Genel Energy has announced that closing has taken place on its acquisition of the remaining 49 per cent participating interest in the Miran exploration block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On 12 November 2012, Genel Energy announced ...
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President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, hosted foreign diplomats and representatives of international organizations based in Erbil last week to discuss the latest political and economic developments in Kurdistan and in Iraq and to ...