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Project to Develop Commercial Street in Kut

There is a project to develop the Al-Zahraa St. in Kut city, with a total cost of more than ID4 billion, Wassit governor said on Wednesday. “The project will be finalized by an Iraqi firm within 300...

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Oil Pipeline Re-Opened from Nasiriya to Kut

The oil pipeline from the south oil reservoirs in Nasiriya to the reservoir at Kut has been re-opened, according to a report from the National Iraqi News Agency. Head of Wassit Provincial Council,...

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New Hospital Approved for Wassit

The Wassit Investment Commission (WIC) has granted an investment licence in the health sector worth more than 6 billion dinars [$5m], chairman of the WIC said on Tuesday. “The licence was given to an...

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Weekly Security Update for 16th February 2011

Overview Levels of violence have been rising in Iraq over the past four weeks. The increase has been gradual, but consistent and last week saw more than 40 attacks reported countrywide for the first...

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Weekly Security Update for 17th August 2011

Up until Monday, the past week was turning into one of the quietest so far this year, but then a series of mass casualty attacks swept the country, leaving dozens of people dead and injured. Provincial...

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Weekly Security Update for 25th August 2011

The current world focus is on Libya, with AKE now ranking Tripoli as being much more hostile a working environment than Baghdad. However, conditions are still fluid and unstable in Iraq, and levels of...

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Weekly Security Update for 2nd November 2011

Levels of violence rose in Iraq over the past week, with the highest number of weekly attacks recorded since mid-August. At least 80 people were killed and 197 injured nationwide, with incidents...

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Turkish Firm Wins $88m Grand Kut Water Project

A Turkish firm has won the contract for the $88 million (105 billion Iraqi dinar) Grand Kut water project, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. Sobeih Lafta, the assistant governor for technical...

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Polish Firm Wins $25m Redevelopment Contract in Kut

Local authorities in Wassit have commissioned a Polish company to implement a project to rehabilitate and develop residential areas in the city of Kut, according to Aswat al-Iraq. “The project, which...

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Serbia Eyes Investments in Wassit

By John Lee. The Serbian ambassador to Baghdad, Radisav Petrovich, has expressed his country's desire to invest in Iraq in general, and in Wassit province in particular. At a press conference in the...

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Nespak Wins Irrigation Project in East Gharaf

By John Lee. National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) has awarded an irrigation project known as East Gharraf [Gharaf], reports The News. A  spokesperson for the company said that Dr Mansoor...

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Development Work to Begin in Kut

By John Lee. A Malaysian firm has won a 71-billion Iraqi dinar ($61-million) contract to develop the southern area of Kut in Wasit [Wassit] province, according to a report from Al-Shorfa. Wasit...

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The 200-Yr-Old Iraqi Market for Alternative Medicine

This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Abu Al Hawa market in Kut has been...

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Iraq Invites Investment in new Refineries, Storage Tanks

By John Lee. Iraq's new oil minister, Jabbar al-Luaibi, has invited international oil companies to invest in four new oil refineries across the country: Kirkuk: 150,000 bpd; Kut: 100,000 bpd; Samawa:...

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The Young Iraqi Behind ‘The Better Facebook’

This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Sajad Saadi has dreams of becoming the...

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Shiite Trio Competes for Power in Iraq

By Ammar Alsawad for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.  On Feb. 28, hundreds of pro-Sadrist university...

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Closing Dates Extended for Kut and Samawa Refineries

By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has extended the closing date for supplying information packs relating to the tenders for the new refineries in Kut and Samawa. The packs will be available until the...

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Oil Ministry Offers 3 Refineries for Investment

By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has invited international companies to bid for three new oil refineries, to be build on BOOT or BOO bases: Kut, in Wasit governorate, with a capacity of 100,000 bpd;...

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Deadline Extended for Kut Oil Refinery

By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has extended the closing date for tenders for the new 100,000-bpd refinery in Kut. Companies interested in investing must submit their documents by the end of working...

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Investment Opportunity: Housing Compounds

Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) in coordination with the Ministry of Migration and Dislocated are pleased to announce the investment opportunity of the construction of new housing compounds...

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Swedish Company to build Power Substations in Iraq

By John Lee. Linxon Sweden AB has signed a contract with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to build 132-KV power transmission stations in Baghdad, Kut and Diwaniya. The contract was signed in Stockholm...

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£2m allocated to Baghdad-Kut Road

By John Lee. The Iraqi cabinet has agreed to allocate 3 billlion dinars [$2 million] to the Municipality of Baghdad to expand Street 77 and Street 80, and the Baghdad-Kut, Rustumiya road. The funding...

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