Iraq Program Updates

November 14, 2016

Recently-installed cranes at Khor Al Amiriyah and Al Basrah Oil Terminals in Iraq are speeding up oil-tanker loading times. The South Oil Company has been working with the Tarabot project, funded by USAID, to increase efficiency within the Iraqi oil industry and enhance revenues. 

November 14, 2016

The USAID Administrative Reform Project, also called Tarabot (Arabic for “linkages”) was created in 2011 to help the Government of Iraq improve administrative systems. Since 2015, Tarabot has been working closely with the Ministry of Oil to improve management of the Ministry and six of the state-owned oil companies.