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21 news items from Iraq. Show all
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, together with partners in the Pearl Petroleum Consortium, have signed long-term Gas Sales Agreements (GSAs) to supply natural gas to major industrial users, with steel production a key…
Vallourec has secured a second contract from TotalEnergies to supply casing, tubing, and accessories for drilling 48 wells under the Associated Gas Upstream Project 2 (AGUP2), a key component of the Gas Growth…
Iraq is planning to invite bids from global shipyards to build eight giant ships to serve its Faw port which is under construction in the southern tip of the Arab country. The country has also received bids from a…
Iraqi officials have confirmed that PowerChina has secured a USD 4 bln contract to develop the country's first large-scale seawater desalination plant in Basra, located in southern Iraq. Launched by Prime Minister…
Vallourec, a global leader in premium seamless tubular solutions, has secured two significant contracts to supply Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) for drilling operations led by CNOOC and PetroChina in Iraq. Valued at…
Pomini Long Rolling Mills has signed a contract with Mawarid Alkhaleej Company to supply equipment and services for a new rebar rolling mill in Baghdad, Iraq. The company had previously conducted the feasibility study…
Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals, Prof. Eng. Khaled Battal Al-Najm, has officially launched the Green Mountain Industrial City project in Basra. Developed in strategic partnership with China's Tsingshan Group…
Iraq has awarded a contract to China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) for the construction of a gas processing plant in the Southern Basra governorate, the official news agency reported. The…
Iraq has commenced construction of its largest solar power plant, Basra Sun, with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) in Basra province. The solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant is one of the four sub-projects of…
Iraq plans to open its first steel-focused industrial zone this year in Basra as part of a broader effort to attract investment in steel, petrochemicals, and other sectors, according to the official Al-Sabah daily. The…
Iraq has awarded a new city project comprising nearly 120,000 houses to two Egyptian and Chinese companies along with a local partner. Egypt's Mountain View Company and China Railway will build Palm City in the Southern…
Iraq is planning to build a sponge iron plant to support its steel industry after it plummeted below its half output capacity, the industry minister has said. The plant in the Southern Basra city will produce nearly one…
Iraq has awarded France's giant TotalEnergies a new project for reduction of gas flaring in its oilfields as part of a mega hydrocarbon development deal signed in 2023, an Iraqi official has said. The new contract…
Iraq has formally approved a Chinese private company to build its first industry city focusing on the production of steel and other metals, an official said. Tsingshan Holding Group will undertake the project in Basra…
A consortium of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and global technology major Siemens has been awarded a contract by Iraq for the refurbishment of the unit two of the Baiji gas-fired power…
A European-Turkish consortium comprising France's Systra, SNCF and Alstom, Spain's Talgo and SENER and Turkish contractors, backed by Germany's Deutsche Bank, have been awarded the Baghdad Metro project, a statement…
British oil services firm John Wood Group has won a three-year contract worth USD 46 mln from France’s TotalEnergies in Iraq. The contract includes providing front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed design…
Iraq is close to awarding the multi-bln dollar Baghdad Metro project to a consortium of France’s Transport giant Alstom and Hyundai of South Korea, according to a local news report from the official Arabic language…
Amwaj International, a leading real estate developer in Iraq, has broken ground on Karbala Gate, a USD 420-mln mixed-use development featuring 796 villas with a mix of two- and three-bedroom units, for up to 4,700…
Iraq is planning to issue several tenders for a project to build a motorway linking its south to the northern border with Turkey, according to an official. Iraqi Transport Ministry officials have said the “Development…
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