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Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal. At the request of the Iraqi government in January 2024, [3] and amid rising regional tensions following the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza, the US and Iraq are set to begin negotiations to end US military presence in Iraq. [4]
KBR was awarded a $100 million contract in 2002 to build a new U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the U.S. State Department. KBR has also been awarded 15 Logistics Civil Augmentation Program task orders worth more than $216 million for work under Operation Enduring Freedom, the military name for operations in Afghanistan.
Rumaila Operating Organization was founded by BP, PetroChina, the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and Basra Oil Company (BOC) (formerly South Oil Company (SOC)) in order to operate the 20-year rehabilitation and expansion of Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq, [1] which was discovered in 1953 and has been in operation since 1954, with extensive exploration and production since the late ...
Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which as 2021, provides about 92% of foreign exchange earnings. [1] The lack of development in other sectors has resulted in 13% [2] unemployed as of 2017 per capita GDP of $7,000. [3] Public sector employment accounted for nearly 60% of full-time employment in 2011. [4]
Camp Victory was the primary component of the Victory Base Complex (VBC) which occupied the area surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for the Multi-National Corps – Iraq (and later United States Forces – Iraq until it was turned over to the Government of Iraq on December 1, 2011), was located on Camp Victory.
In early 2010, KBR notified the U.S. Army that it would bill the U.S. government for any damages awards or legal expenses it incurred in relation to contract work it did in Iraq. In December 2011, KBR settled out-of-court with one of the injured drivers, Reginald Cecil Lane, for an undisclosed amount. [11]
The Rumaila oil field is a super-giant oil field [1] located in southern Iraq, approximately 50km to the south west of Basra City. [2] Discovered in 1953 by the Basrah Petroleum Company (BPC), an associate company of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), [3] [4] [5] the field is estimated to contain 17 billion barrels, which accounts for 12% of Iraq's oil reserves, estimated at 143 billion barrels.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [1] is a term used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to describe law enforcement and military forces of the federal government of the Republic of Iraq. During the Iraq War, these entities received training and instruction from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. [2]