Cityscape Global Sees Major Participation of Leaders from Real Estate Sector

The second day of the Cityscape Global Exhibition, currently being held in Riyadh (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The second day of the Cityscape Global Exhibition, currently being held in Riyadh (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Cityscape Global Sees Major Participation of Leaders from Real Estate Sector

The second day of the Cityscape Global Exhibition, currently being held in Riyadh (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The second day of the Cityscape Global Exhibition, currently being held in Riyadh (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The world’s largest real estate event, Cityscape Global, continued for the second consecutive day in Riyadh, with the participation of more than 350 exhibitors, 300 local and international speakers and 2,000 investors from around the world.

Monday’s agenda included a series of dialogue sessions that focused on the relationship between real estate and financial technology, the future of housing, the power and impact of design, bioeconomy, and financial stability.

The exhibition features five main platforms that host a number of sessions, including: NEOM Future of Living Summit, the Real Estate Institutional Investor Forum, the Property Portfolio Forum, the PropTech stage, and the Design and Architecture area.

For its part, the Saudi National Housing Company showcased its luxury real estate project in the Khuzam suburb located north of the capital. The project extends over a total area exceeding 77,000 square meters, and provides 220 luxurious residential units, ranging between 350 and 471 square meters.

In addition, the Tourism Development Fund and the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing several tourism projects in industrial cities.

Under the agreement, the two bodies will assess various land properties and propose viable tourism projects for each.

Umm Al-Qura for Development and Construction Company, owner and developer of "Masar" Destination, concluded a partnership agreement to develop and operate a 4-star hotel, with investments amounting to SAR 450 million ($120 million).

Umm Al-Qura also announced the signing of an acquisition agreement with Scope International Real Estate Development Company, to construct residential towers in cooperation with international operators, with investments amounting to SAR 900 million ($240 million).



Iraq Signs Deal with BP to Develop Kirkuk Oil and Gas Fields

This handout picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on August 1, 2024, shows him (C) looking on as BP CEO, Murray Auchincloss, (L) and Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani al-Sawad, sign a memorandum of understanding to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
This handout picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on August 1, 2024, shows him (C) looking on as BP CEO, Murray Auchincloss, (L) and Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani al-Sawad, sign a memorandum of understanding to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
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Iraq Signs Deal with BP to Develop Kirkuk Oil and Gas Fields

This handout picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on August 1, 2024, shows him (C) looking on as BP CEO, Murray Auchincloss, (L) and Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani al-Sawad, sign a memorandum of understanding to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
This handout picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on August 1, 2024, shows him (C) looking on as BP CEO, Murray Auchincloss, (L) and Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani al-Sawad, sign a memorandum of understanding to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk. (Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)

Iraq has signed a preliminary agreement with British energy group BP to develop the northern Kirkuk oil and gas fields, the Iraqi prime minister's office said on Thursday.
Under the deal, which was signed in Baghdad between Iraq's oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani and BP CEO Murray Auchincloss, BP will develop four oil and fields in the Kirkuk region, the statement from the Iraqi prime minister's office said.
BP will start drawing up a major plan to boost output capacity of crude oil and gas from Kirkuk, Bai Hasan, Jambour and Khabbaz fields, Iraq oil ministry officials said.
The Kirkuk field's reservoir was discovered in 1927 and is where Iraq's oil industry was founded, reported Reuters.
Iraq, the second biggest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries behind Saudi Arabia, currently has the capacity to produce almost 5 million barrels per day.