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July
3, 2012 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Exxon Mobil chief executive
to arrive in Erbil soon
Erbil: The president and chief executive officer of
the US ExxonMobil Corporation is expected to arrive
in the Kurdistan Region capital, Erbil, in the few
coming days. Rex Tillerson will meet with senior
Kurdistan officials over ExxonMobil's oil contacts
with the Iraqi region, said an informed source who
spoke on condition of anonymity. He added meeting
with Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and
Kurdistan oil officials are high on the agenda of
the visit. The source expected "positive"
consequences of the visit for Kurdistan. AKnews
contacted Ashti Hawrami, Kurdistan natural resources
minister, and his adviser Sirwan Abu-Bakir, but they
refused to comment about the visit of ExxonMobil
official....aknews.com
ABB set to build plant to
supply power to Kurdistan
Zurich, Switzerland: ABB, the leading power and
automation technology group, has won orders worth
around $120 million from KAR Construction and
Engineering Company Ltd. to design and build a power
plant and construct two 400/132 kilovolts (kV)
high-voltage substations that will supply power to
the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. The 640
megawatt (MW) open cycle power plant will use
natural gas from the Khormala oil field and light
fuel oil (LFO) as backup to generate electricity
from gas turbines. Two 400/132 kV high-voltage
substations will help feed the power into Iraq`s
regional and national grid, and also supply
electricity to the Khormala oil field. There are
plans to convert it into a combined cycle power
plant in the future, increasing its capacity to
1,000 MW. This power plant will be the first in the
region to feed power into the 400 kV national grid
through the new Erbil Center 400/132 kV
air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substation. Since
2007, ABB has designed and built three power plants
with a total capacity of 2,000 MW to supply
electrical power to the regional grid in the
Kurdistan region.....abb.com
Kurdish official:
Withdrawing confidence from Maliki "impossible"
Erbil: It is "impossible" to win the bid to withdraw
confidence from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as
most of the parties have drawn back from the bid,
said second deputy for speaker of the House of
Representatives. There are only Kurds and some MPs
from the Iraqiya List who still demand withdrawing
confidence from Maliki, said Aref Tayfur. Tayfur
continued it is impossible to withdraw confidence
from Maliki but in the House he will be interrogated
anyway. Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) MP added the
Sadr Current which sided KBC and Iraqiya in the bid
against Maliki "was not serious from the beginning
and when the time for withdrawing confidence came,
it drew back."....aknews.com
Any merchant who deals with
illegal animals will be penalized
Erbil: The director of Erbil Veterinary announced
that any traders and shop owners who deal in the
trade of prohibited animals will be penalized. Hamid
Mohammed said investigations with traders who import
and export banned animals according to the region's
law will begin in two weeks’ time. Mohammed added:
"We've' been told that there are some people trading
prohibited animals. Traders and shop-owners are not
allowed to do so." The ban includes red meat, white
meat, fish, dairy milk and eggs. The decision was
made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water
Resources in the region. aknews.com
Zardoshti era graves
discovered in Duhok
Duhok: Two graves dating back to the first
millennium B.C. have been discovered in a village in
Duhok province, an official said Saturday. The
graves were discovered in Barash village of Chamanke
town, said Hassan Ahmed Qasem, Duhok archeology
director. Qasem added both graves are circular and
built on a hill. The center of the graves is
rectangular. The rectangle is two-meters deep in one
of the graves and in the other 1.5m. Both graves
date back to the first millennium B.C. and to the
era of Zardoshtis, Qasem said. aknews.com
Poor Turnout at Erbil
Furniture Fair
Erbil: Erbil’s international furniture fair received
a lukewarm reception from local residents. Two
hundred companies from 12 countries participated at
the event held at Erbil’s fairgrounds, but the
sweltering heat meant the fair had a poor turnout.
The high prices of furniture and electronics on
display might have also discouraged visitors. Home
sets cost as much as $100,000, a hand-designed
dining set was $48,000 and a bed set was worth
$10,000. Around 70 percent of the companies were
from Turkey, with the rest from Italy, China, United
Arab Emirates, Syria and Lebanon. Hassan Ahmed, head
of an Iraqi furniture company, said domestic
manufacturers could produce better products than
some foreign companies if circumstances were more
conducive. “Turkish furniture is very advanced and
that is why it is expensive,” said Ahmed. “The
pieces made in Iraq have an old style and
decorations. There has been no innovation to them.”
Ayhan Yilmaz, a representative of the Turkish
company ByKepi, said he wants to “introduce
Kurdistan’s people to a new style and design of home
furniture and appliances.” Some of those who visited
the fair said they were not impressed. “I did not
see anything new and everything here is already
available in the market. Besides, it was more
expensive,” said Miriam, who visited the fair with
her daughter....rudaw.net
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