Investors in real estate in Iraqi Kurdistan need to be selective and avoid sectors where investment is already sufficient, IKG Property Group Chairman Mario Al-Jebouri told the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference in Erbil today. He said that the best opportunities…
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MEED conference told $37bn worth of projects approved in Iraqi Kurdistan
A total of 645 projects with a combined value of $37bn have been approved in Iraqi Kurdistan since the Kurdistan Board of Investment was founded in 2006, director general of the board’s general directorate of investment in Erbil Nawroz Amin…
KRG adamant about oil and government income sharing
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) which controls the three northern Iraqi provinces of Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah remains adamant it will continue to export crude oil independently despite objections from Iraq’s central government. The future of the KRG oil and…
MEED Kurdistan projects conference opens in Erbil amid oil export controversy
MEED’s third annual Kurdistan Projects conference opens in Erbil on Sunday amid hopes that Iraqi Kurdistan’s economy is entering a period of unprecedented expansion. At total of 60 speakers representing government and business in the Kurdistan region of Iraq plus…
Iraq oil production rose by more than 100,000 b/d in April: OPEC
Iraq’s oil production rose to 3.3m b/d in April, more than 100,000 b/d above the figure reported in March, figures in the monthly OPEC Oil Market report show. Aggregate oil output by the six OPEC Gulf states in April was 21.9m b/d,…
AWCS told that $1.3bn marine works contract at new Fao port to be tendered by July; awarded by year-end
The annual MEED Arabian World Construction Summit (AWCS) was told this morning that the $1.3bn contract to deliver the marine works component of the first phase of Iraq’s new Grand Fao Port which is now under bid should be confirmed…