Iraq News and Analysis
News
More than 90 killed in two days of bomb attacks in Iraq
Blasts mark deadliest spate of violence since 2011
Iraq set to award $600m housing contract
Project will consist of housing, retail and other facilities
Iraq’s Shia districts targeted by bomb attacks
Tensions between Shia and Sunni groups rise
Dana Gas revenues drop 20 per cent on Kurdistan outage
Gross revenue declined to AED557m from AED700m in the same period last year
Contractors invited to prequalify for Iraq airport
Tender for Middle Euphrates airport due to be released in July
Iraq plans new oil company headquarters
South Oil Company will build new headquarters in Basra
Greek firm wins $1bn Iraq power deal
Metka will build 1,642MW plant in western Iraq
Wood Group-CCC wins Iraq oil deal
Joint venture will commission new production facilities for Shell at Majnoon oil field
Middle Euphrates airport designs nearing completion
Baghad to tender construction phase in third quarter
BP to build Iraq refined products import terminal
UK oil major plans to import oil products from mid-2014
Calls for Iraqi government to quit amid rising violence
Speaker of parliament says government should quit and hold early elections
Iraq invites prequalification for oil export pipeline deal
Bids for Iraq-Jordan pipeline due in December
Iraq leads drive to add new downstream capacity
There are $37.4bn worth of refinery projects planned
Genel progresses with Iraqi Kurdistan pipeline plans
Taq Taq to Khurmala pipeline completed
Phase two of Halfaya oil field in Iraq approved
Joint owner Total targets 2014 completion for oil field project in southeast Iraq
HSBC mulls sale of Iraq business
UK lender HSBC considers sale of 70 per cent stake in Iraqi bank
Gazprom begins testing at Iraq oil field
Production at Gazprom Iraq concern to start by the end of 2013
Iran’s economy shrank by 1.9 per cent in 2012
IMF predicts further contraction this year and rising unemployment
Bomb blasts in Iraq ahead of elections
Provincial elections to take place on 20 April
Iraq awaits publication of national energy strategy document
Strategic plan for energy sector to be unveiled by the end of April
Analysis
Syria war stokes Iraq sectarianism
Rising violence in Iraq leads to fears of new sectarian conflict between Shias and Sunnis
Commodity super cycle on verge of downward trend
Analysts predicting 2013-14 could be the start of lower prices for commodities such as oil and gas
Baghdad's first integrated refining project
Iraq hopes to make its first integrated refining project a model for further investment
Tackling Iraq's domestic energy crisis
Alaa Disher Zamil, Director General, Iraq Ministry of Electricity, discusses the country’s plan to meet rising domestic power demands
Iraq Energy Projects 2013 conference round-up
MEED section editors Adal Mirza and Andrew Roscoe discuss the key highlights from this year’s Iraq Energy Projects conference
Challenges and opportunities in Iraq's energy sector
MEED’s Gulf correspondent for energy and industry, Adal Mirza, discusses the key issues likely to be debated at this year’s Iraq Energy Projects 2013 conference.
Turning failure into prosperity in Iraq
After a decade of strife since the fall of Saddam, hopes for rebuilding now lie in Iraq’s re-emerging oil sector
Asiacell Communications: MEED Assessment
At the moment, Zain Iraq is the market leader
Asiacell Communications
The Iraqi mobile operator has delivered consistently strong financial performance in recent years
Inflation risks social unrest
Oil exporters will increase subsidises to contain inflation, but other governments are likely to struggle
Comment
Iraq’s rising sectarianism
Civil war in Syria likely to affect the delicate Shia-Sunni balance in Iraq
Pipeline gives Kurds an outlet
Establishing a crude pipeline with Turkey will free Kurdistan region from Baghdad’s influence
HSBC reviews Iraq operations
If the UK banking giant sells out of Iraq, it will be another bad omen for the country struggling with economic and political malaise
Iraq must scale back ambitions
Baghdad should focus efforts on delivering a single project, such as the Nasiriyah refinery
Iraq must deliver on power pledges
Increasing pressure to keep up power supply means turning to the private sector may be the only way ahead
Critical year for Iraq oil sector
Seawater supply facility and crude oil export pipelines will be a strain on Oil Ministry’s management skills
Turning energy into projects
Progress in rebuilding Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein has been too slow
ExxonMobil creates furore in Iraq
US oil major’s preparations for upstream work in Kurdish areas adds to Baghdad-Erbil tensions
