Qatar extends Gulf electricity system to Iraq network

The extension of electricity connection to Iraq will help to combat chronic power outages in Iraq (Shutterstock)
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Updated 03 August 2022
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Qatar extends Gulf electricity system to Iraq network

RIYADH: The Qatar Fund for Development has signed a deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority to build and connect the regional electrical system to the southern Iraq network.

According to a Doha News report, the extension of electricity connection to Iraq will help to combat chronic power outages in the country.

The deal will see the establishment of a new 400 KV transformer substation in the Wafra district of Kuwait, and it will be linked to the Gulf power interconnection system and the Iraqi electricity network via Al-Faw electricity transformer station in southern Iraq.

“This initiative will have a pivotal role in the economic contribution and infrastructure development,” said Khalifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari, director general of Qatar Fund for Development.

 


Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

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Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

RIYADH: Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. posted a 40.54 percent rise in annual net profit to SR1.13 billion ($301 million) in 2025, supported by higher property sales.

According to a filing on Saudi Exchange, the company’s net profit rose from SR806.84 million a year earlier, while annual revenue increased 3.75 percent year on year to SR3.90 billion. 

Operating profit climbed 18.96 percent to SR1.59 billion, while gross profit rose 15.22 percent to SR1.84 billion. 

“The increase in net income is mainly due to the increase in property sales. The increase in finance costs was offset by the increase in lease revenue, decrease in operating expenses, increase in share of income from associates, and increase in non-operating income from Islamic Murabaha deposits and positively impacted the net income,” the company said in the statement. 

Shareholders’ equity after minority interest stood at SR22.22 billion as of Dec. 31, compared with SR21.09 billion a year earlier. 

In February, Dar Al Arkan announced the full redemption of its $400 million sukuk. 

In a Tadawul statement, the company said that the sukuk were redeemed at maturity using internal resources, with the amount transferred to the designated account. 

The company further said that the impact of the sukuk redemption will appear in its first-quarter financial statement. 

The company also disclosed last month that it had received three white land tax-related invoices totaling about SR201.15 million for plots within the Shams Ar Riyadh development, licensed under the Wafi off-plan sales program. The invoices were valued at SR48.32 million, SR108.10 million, and SR44.73 million , respectively. 

In a separate disclosure in September, Dar Al Arkan said 2.83 million sq. meters of its land portfolio falls under the Kingdom’s White Land Tax Law.