@rawaz

Partner @ Euphrates Ventures ; Telecom ; Internet ; Technology; Business; Kurdistan; Iraq

 Sulaimaniyah - Iraq
Joined March 2008
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Iraq Flaring Watch@IraqFlaringOct 11
چاودێری مەشخەڵی گازەکانی عێراق ئێستا بە زمانی کوردی بەردەستە @IraqFlaring now supports Sorani Kurdish... we thank @WeblateOrg for their generous support. iraqflaringwatch.com/?lang=c…
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Yet there is not a single public air quality monitor in Anbar. I mean these devices cost $225 and any citizen can put one in their balcony thanks to @airgradienthq
Utv
@UtvIraqOct 6
هبوب عاصفة ترابية على محافظة الأنبار #أخبار_UTV
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We obsess over profit margins but ignore the staggering energy waste hiding in plain sight. Just look at the sheer volume of energy losses. While perfect efficiency isn't always possible, the real failure is never checking if alternatives are more feasible and profitable.
A Sankey diagram titled "Global energy flows from primary to useful energy by energy carrier and sector, 2025". It visualizes the flow of primary energy sources—such as coal, oil, natural gas, and renewables—through stages of transformation and final consumption to eventually become useful energy. The most prominent feature of the chart is a massive light grey band representing "Losses" that dominates the final output, visually demonstrating that a vast portion of the global energy supply is lost as heat during the process rather than being converted into useful energy for industry, buildings, and transport.

ALT A Sankey diagram titled "Global energy flows from primary to useful energy by energy carrier and sector, 2025". It visualizes the flow of primary energy sources—such as coal, oil, natural gas, and renewables—through stages of transformation and final consumption to eventually become useful energy. The most prominent feature of the chart is a massive light grey band representing "Losses" that dominates the final output, visually demonstrating that a vast portion of the global energy supply is lost as heat during the process rather than being converted into useful energy for industry, buildings, and transport.

International Energy Agency
@IEAOct 5
Electrification is taking centre stage as the Hormuz crisis spurs countries to strengthen energy security Our new report, requested by the COP31 Presidencies of Türkiye & Australia, explores the potential to accelerate electrification & the implications: iea.li/4yfo4mw
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$37 dollar discount.
Alexander Stahel 🌻
@BurggrabenHOct 5
How about $ 37 for a discount? The price reduction shows how Iraq has struggled more than some of its neighbors when it comes to shipping during the war. Lacking its own fleet, Baghdad is resorting to steep discounts to incentivize buyers to keep barrels moving through the Persian Gulf despite the continued risks to vessels
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I wrote a guide on how to generate detailed 3D buildings on @openstreetmap openstreetmap.org/user/Rawaz… Example: Vesta Tower demo.f4map.com/#lat=35.56842…
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For some reason all I could think about when watching this video was the ASYCUDA system of Iraq for custom declaration. youtu.be/c04vxUWtcAI?is=_Jol…
Department of State
@StateDeptSep 29
SECRETARY RUBIO on AMERICA.GOV: Starting next year, Americans will be able to apply for their first passport entirely online.
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Rawaz Rauf retweeted
Rawaz Rauf@rawazSep 28
Iraq's official fuel balance doesn't add up. COSIT: 14k bpd of fuel oil used domestically in 2023. Ministry of Electricity 2023 Annual Report: 67k bpd burned in power plants alone. The power sector's fuel oil is missing from COSIT's demand figure.
Sankey diagram of Iraq's 2023 fuel flows in barrels per day, combining COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023 and the Ministry of Electricity's 2023 annual report. Left: crude to power plants 199,263 bpd, crude to refineries 739,164, stock drawdown 37,336, product imports 149,659. Refineries split into fuel oil burned in power plants 67k bpd (MoE data, missing from COSIT), 204k not reported as products (28%) and 467k reported products (63%). Right: power plants 266,620 bpd (crude plus fuel oil), still not reported 204,396, exports 191,754 (85% fuel oil). Domestic demand by fuel with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 as recorded by COSIT, jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). MoE also burned 40k bpd of undefined mixture fuel, not shown. Unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

ALT Sankey diagram of Iraq's 2023 fuel flows in barrels per day, combining COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023 and the Ministry of Electricity's 2023 annual report. Left: crude to power plants 199,263 bpd, crude to refineries 739,164, stock drawdown 37,336, product imports 149,659. Refineries split into fuel oil burned in power plants 67k bpd (MoE data, missing from COSIT), 204k not reported as products (28%) and 467k reported products (63%). Right: power plants 266,620 bpd (crude plus fuel oil), still not reported 204,396, exports 191,754 (85% fuel oil). Domestic demand by fuel with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 as recorded by COSIT, jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). MoE also burned 40k bpd of undefined mixture fuel, not shown. Unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

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Iraq fed ~739k bpd of crude into its local refineries in 2023. Only ~467k bpd was reported as products; ~272k bpd wasn't. Products: 38% heavy, low-value fuel oil (~179k bpd) 36% middle distillates like diesel & jet (~170k) 25% light products like gasoline & LPG (~118k)
Sankey diagram: Iraq's refineries in 2023, crude in vs. products out, average barrels per day. A black bar for 739,164 bpd of crude input splits into 467,411 bpd of refined products (63.2%) and a red band of 271,754 bpd (36.8%) not reported as products. Products, with share of output: heavy fuel oil 173,607 (37.1%), gas oil 138,604 (29.7%), gasoline 87,169 (18.6%), kerosene 27,621 (5.9%), naphtha 17,717 (3.8%), LPG 12,824 (2.7%), asphalt 5,269 (1.1%), jet fuel 3,179 (0.7%), diesel oil 827 (0.2%), lube oils 595 (0.1%). Colors group products into light ends, middle distillates and heavy. Source: COSIT Iraq, Commodity Balances Report 2023, Tables 1 and 8. Crude is reported in barrels; products are reported in metric tons and converted at these barrels per ton: fuel oil 6.66, gas oil 7.46, gasoline 8.50, kerosene 7.80, naphtha 8.70, LPG 11.60, asphalt 6.06, jet fuel 7.80, diesel oil 7.46, lube oils 7.00. The gap is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

ALT Sankey diagram: Iraq's refineries in 2023, crude in vs. products out, average barrels per day. A black bar for 739,164 bpd of crude input splits into 467,411 bpd of refined products (63.2%) and a red band of 271,754 bpd (36.8%) not reported as products. Products, with share of output: heavy fuel oil 173,607 (37.1%), gas oil 138,604 (29.7%), gasoline 87,169 (18.6%), kerosene 27,621 (5.9%), naphtha 17,717 (3.8%), LPG 12,824 (2.7%), asphalt 5,269 (1.1%), jet fuel 3,179 (0.7%), diesel oil 827 (0.2%), lube oils 595 (0.1%). Colors group products into light ends, middle distillates and heavy. Source: COSIT Iraq, Commodity Balances Report 2023, Tables 1 and 8. Crude is reported in barrels; products are reported in metric tons and converted at these barrels per ton: fuel oil 6.66, gas oil 7.46, gasoline 8.50, kerosene 7.80, naphtha 8.70, LPG 11.60, asphalt 6.06, jet fuel 7.80, diesel oil 7.46, lube oils 7.00. The gap is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

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Made in Iraq: jet fuel 90%, LPG 88%, gas oil 86% But gasoline only 45% and kerosene 42%, the rest imported or from stocks Meanwhile Iraq exported 162k bpd of fuel oil, and 272k bpd of refinery crude isn't reported as any product by COSIT.
Sankey diagram: Iraq's 2023 refined fuel flows in barrels per day, from COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023, Tables 1 and 8. Left: 739,164 bpd of crude to refineries, 37,336 stock drawdown, 149,659 product imports. Refineries: 272k bpd (37%) not reported as products; 467k bpd (63%) reported as products. Exports: 191,754 bpd, 85% fuel oil, rest naphtha. Domestic demand by fuel, with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 (net exporter), jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). Made in Iraq = production divided by domestic consumption. Tonnes converted to barrels with standard density factors. COSIT records only 14k bpd of domestic fuel oil use; Ministry of Electricity data implies power plants alone burned 60k+ bpd, so recorded use is likely understated. The unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

ALT Sankey diagram: Iraq's 2023 refined fuel flows in barrels per day, from COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023, Tables 1 and 8. Left: 739,164 bpd of crude to refineries, 37,336 stock drawdown, 149,659 product imports. Refineries: 272k bpd (37%) not reported as products; 467k bpd (63%) reported as products. Exports: 191,754 bpd, 85% fuel oil, rest naphtha. Domestic demand by fuel, with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 (net exporter), jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). Made in Iraq = production divided by domestic consumption. Tonnes converted to barrels with standard density factors. COSIT records only 14k bpd of domestic fuel oil use; Ministry of Electricity data implies power plants alone burned 60k+ bpd, so recorded use is likely understated. The unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

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Iraq's official fuel balance doesn't add up. COSIT: 14k bpd of fuel oil used domestically in 2023. Ministry of Electricity 2023 Annual Report: 67k bpd burned in power plants alone. The power sector's fuel oil is missing from COSIT's demand figure.
Sankey diagram of Iraq's 2023 fuel flows in barrels per day, combining COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023 and the Ministry of Electricity's 2023 annual report. Left: crude to power plants 199,263 bpd, crude to refineries 739,164, stock drawdown 37,336, product imports 149,659. Refineries split into fuel oil burned in power plants 67k bpd (MoE data, missing from COSIT), 204k not reported as products (28%) and 467k reported products (63%). Right: power plants 266,620 bpd (crude plus fuel oil), still not reported 204,396, exports 191,754 (85% fuel oil). Domestic demand by fuel with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 as recorded by COSIT, jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). MoE also burned 40k bpd of undefined mixture fuel, not shown. Unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

ALT Sankey diagram of Iraq's 2023 fuel flows in barrels per day, combining COSIT's Commodity Balances Report 2023 and the Ministry of Electricity's 2023 annual report. Left: crude to power plants 199,263 bpd, crude to refineries 739,164, stock drawdown 37,336, product imports 149,659. Refineries split into fuel oil burned in power plants 67k bpd (MoE data, missing from COSIT), 204k not reported as products (28%) and 467k reported products (63%). Right: power plants 266,620 bpd (crude plus fuel oil), still not reported 204,396, exports 191,754 (85% fuel oil). Domestic demand by fuel with share made in Iraq: fuel oil 13,948 as recorded by COSIT, jet fuel 3,520 (90%), LPG 14,620 (88%), gas oil and diesel 163,045 (86%), asphalt 6,179 (85%), lubes and wax 1,221 (49%), gasoline 194,740 (45%), kerosene 65,378 (42%). MoE also burned 40k bpd of undefined mixture fuel, not shown. Unreported volume is a calculated difference, not a measured loss.

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Following fierce industry pushback, Iraq scrapped plans to float fuel prices at SOMO rates. Still, Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) for these brick makers has doubled from ~100k to 200k IQD/ton—a policy retreat, but still a sharp margin squeeze
Iraq Ministry of Oil Arabic pricing document detailing revised fuel rates: * Gas Oil (state/private): 800 IQD/L. * Gas Oil (agriculture): 600 IQD/L. * Gas Oil (generators): 400 IQD/L. * Enhanced Gasoline (state): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (state): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (Al-Safwa): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (bakeries): 150 IQD/L (subsidized), 300 IQD/L (commercial). * Fuel Oil (oxidized asphalt): 80% of SOMO price. * Fuel Oil (brick): 200,000 IQD/ton. * Fuel Oil (construction): 250,000 IQD/ton. * Fuel Oil (cement/iron/steel): 300,000 IQD/ton. * Aviation Fuel: Global price cap. * Vacuum Residue: 65% of oxidized asphalt rate. * Base Oil SN-150: 750,000 IQD/ton. * Base Oil SN-500: 1,000,000 IQD/ton. * Bright Stock: 1,250,000 IQD/ton. * HD50/Gear Oil: 1,250,000 IQD/ton. * Asphalt (all types): 500,000 IQD/ton.

ALT Iraq Ministry of Oil Arabic pricing document detailing revised fuel rates: * Gas Oil (state/private): 800 IQD/L. * Gas Oil (agriculture): 600 IQD/L. * Gas Oil (generators): 400 IQD/L. * Enhanced Gasoline (state): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (state): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (Al-Safwa): 950 IQD/L. * White Oil (bakeries): 150 IQD/L (subsidized), 300 IQD/L (commercial). * Fuel Oil (oxidized asphalt): 80% of SOMO price. * Fuel Oil (brick): 200,000 IQD/ton. * Fuel Oil (construction): 250,000 IQD/ton. * Fuel Oil (cement/iron/steel): 300,000 IQD/ton. * Aviation Fuel: Global price cap. * Vacuum Residue: 65% of oxidized asphalt rate. * Base Oil SN-150: 750,000 IQD/ton. * Base Oil SN-500: 1,000,000 IQD/ton. * Bright Stock: 1,250,000 IQD/ton. * HD50/Gear Oil: 1,250,000 IQD/ton. * Asphalt (all types): 500,000 IQD/ton.

Rawaz Rauf@rawazSep 19
Most brick factories in Nahrawan have closed. Long criticized for pollution and low-quality materials fueled by excessive subsidies, the area is shutting down as Iraq’s government cuts industrial subsidies nationwide.
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I finally managed to generate a 3D render of Shari Jwan Hotel using just standard @openstreetmap tags! See for yourself on @MapF4 demo.f4map.com/#lat=35.57033…
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Most brick factories in Nahrawan have closed. Long criticized for pollution and low-quality materials fueled by excessive subsidies, the area is shutting down as Iraq’s government cuts industrial subsidies nationwide.
Rudaw
@RudawkurdishSep 18
لە بەغدا سەدان کارگە داخران و پیشەسازیی خشت بەتەواوی پەکخراوە، هەزاران کرێکاریش بێ کار مانەوە. هۆکارەکەی چییە؟
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I have been very keen to understand collectivism due to its massive impact on feasibility of business ideas in Iraq. For example in an emergency, would they call your business or their cousins for help in fixing car, going to hospital?
Thomas Talhelm@ThomasTalhelmSep 15
🚨 It's finally out! 🚨 This is the big one. 100 cultures, 12,000 people, 108 researchers. Why people (and our most-used surveys) get collectivism wrong and how to fix it. Join me for a fun thread! 🧵 @NatureHumBehav nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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For first time Kurdistan Region participated in the PISA exams. I asked @Gemini_Notebook to generate an Audio Overview podcast on the topic. notebooklm.google.com/notebo…

Why Student Ambition Defies Falling Test Scores

Use the power of AI for quick summarization and note taking, Gemini Notebook is your powerful virtual research assistant rooted in information you can trust.

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OECD Education
@OECDEduSkillsSep 8
#OECDPISA results are out today! The participating Chinese jurisdictions, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Estonia and the United Kingdom are among the top-performing systems across science, reading and mathematics. 🔗 oecd.org/en/publications/202…
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While @opdc_iq denies fuel price adjustments, insisting subsidy removals only target corporations & state entities, not citizens. However, their website still displays 2024 prices for local refined product prices like HFO, LPG, diesel, & natural gas. opdc.oil.gov.iq/?page=5
A mobile browser screenshot of the Iraqi Oil Products Distribution Company (opdc.oil.gov.iq) website. The screen displays a pricing table in Arabic for various oil and gas products, such as aviation fuel and sulfur. Below the table, a timestamp reads "2024-11-10 01:00 PM".

ALT A mobile browser screenshot of the Iraqi Oil Products Distribution Company (opdc.oil.gov.iq) website. The screen displays a pricing table in Arabic for various oil and gas products, such as aviation fuel and sulfur. Below the table, a timestamp reads "2024-11-10 01:00 PM".

A screenshot of an Arabic Facebook post by the official, verified Oil Products Distribution Company (OPDC). The post is a clarification statement explaining that circulated news regarding oil product price changes applies only to state departments and specific sectors, and that subsidized prices for ordinary citizens remain unchanged.

ALT A screenshot of an Arabic Facebook post by the official, verified Oil Products Distribution Company (OPDC). The post is a clarification statement explaining that circulated news regarding oil product price changes applies only to state departments and specific sectors, and that subsidized prices for ordinary citizens remain unchanged.

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Brilliant opening by @adnanaltia … the fire has reached our waters …
Utv
@UtvIraqSep 10
عدنان الطائي: جاءت النــ.ــار إلى مياهنا #الحق_يقال | #UTV_عراق
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Rawaz Rauf retweeted
Anas Alhajji
@anasalhajjiSep 9
🔥This is the New Andros, an oil tanker carrying 2 mb of Iraqi fuel oil. It was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters. 🔥Third-party actors are especially dangerous because they so often stay unidentified. This has the hallmarks of Iraqi groups affiliated with the IRGC.
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One of the biggest challenges in permitting for projects in Iraq is avoiding farm land. Iraq Farm Health can help entrepreneurs avoid them easily without needing to visit thousands of land registry offices. iraqfarmshealth.com/?lat=35.…
Rawaz Rauf@rawazAug 8
Iraq’s farmland faces severe pressure from water scarcity, climate change, and soil degradation. So I built a simple, free tool from @esa satellite data to check the health of any agricultural field in Iraq — with 2 years of history. iraqfarmshealth.com
The Iraq Farms Health web tool showing colour-coded crop health across farm fields along a river — green fields are healthy, red are stressed. A tapped field displays its vegetation score, health rating, year-on-year change, and two-year trend chart.

ALT The Iraq Farms Health web tool showing colour-coded crop health across farm fields along a river — green fields are healthy, red are stressed. A tapped field displays its vegetation score, health rating, year-on-year change, and two-year trend chart.

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