Iraq raises its production of associated gas to 16 thousand tons per day

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Thank ya Yota  

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The development of a strategy for the Ministry of Oil make Iraq the largest gas exporting countries

The development of a strategy for the Ministry of Oil make Iraq the largest gas 

IraqEconomyGasParliament

 

 2019/05/09 03:13:29

The head of the oil and energy parliamentary committee MP Hibet Halbusi on Thursday on the development of a new strategy by the Committee to urge the Ministry of the points to invest gas associated with making Iraq one of the largest exporters to fill the local need and provide billions of billions of dollars and provide jobs and fill the budget deficit Finance.

"We have prepared a new strategy that will be presented to the members of the committee in order to vote on it and to approach the concerned authorities such as the Ministry of Oil and the national oil companies and investors to invest the gas associated with benefiting from this national wealth in providing the needs of the market and the people and providing additional imports for the dam, Budget deficit ".

He pointed out that "these imports will have a major role in achieving the aspirations of the people and provide jobs and provide funds to build strategic projects effective in the interest of Iraq and its people in the nationalities and nationalities and all provinces," stressing that "we will work in the Committee on oil and energy to make Iraq from exporting countries Gas and not just crude oil. "

 

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Signing an investment contract for the development of Kirkuk refinery

Friday, 17 May 2019 45

 

Kirkuk / Consciousness

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil Thamer Al-Ghadan, said that the investment contract for the development of Kirkuk refinery, which was concluded by the Ministry of Oil will provide large quantities of improved gasoline and 160 tons of gas

 Liquid.

Al-Ghadhban said during his attendance at the contract signing ceremony: "The ministry is keen to accelerate projects to promote the liquidation sector to cover the local need to develop and improve the oil products and upgrading to the approved international standards and proceed with the upgrading of Iraqi refineries and increase production capacity through the addition of new units of the current refineries and the establishment of new refineries and technology "This contract will provide large quantities of improved gasoline (95) Oqain covering a large part of the need of Kirkuk and the provinces 

Neighboring".  

For his part, Undersecretary for Liquidation Affairs Hamid Yunus said: "The value of the investment contract concluded between the North Refinery Company and Al-Barham Company amounted to (400) million dollars and the period of implementation is 24 months." He pointed out that "this project comes within the Ministry's plan to encourage investment To contribute to the development and promotion of the liquidation sector. "

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Iraq: Negotiations to implement a gas project worth 300 million feet daily

Natural gas legislator

 11 July 2019 12:59 PM

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil said that the government is implementing a national strategy to develop the energy sector in Iraq, in cooperation with local and Arab and international specialized companies, most notably the negotiation procedures for the gas project 300 million feet a day.

"The Ministry of Oil has 3 important projects to invest the associated gas with a capacity of 950 million standard cubic feet per day, one in Dhi Qar province and the other in the Halfaya field in Maysan and the third in Artawi field," Thamer Ghadhban said during a conference on the future of energy in Iraq. Basra.

The minister pointed out that the ministry is working to add other projects, including the investment of one billion standard cubic feet per day in the coming years.

He continued: "We are currently negotiating the implementation of the draft card 300 million cubic feet standard per day, as well as the Ministry's keenness to develop fields Akkas and Mansuriyah gas."

The Minister stressed that the gas investment projects contribute to support the industry and generation of electricity in the country; through the provision of gas to operate the production plants as well as support the petrochemical industries, cement and other industries .

He stressed the need to develop the electricity sector in the country through a comprehensive strategy for the three sectors of the Ministry of Electricity production, distribution and transportation.

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Iraq turns to US company to stop loss of 15 billion dollars a year

 

 

 2019/07/16 07:33:03

 

A spokesman for the Ministry of Oil announced the signing on Wednesday on the memorandum of understanding on the investment of gas Arteawi in Basra in the south of the country between the South Gas companies and the US and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister. 
The ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said that this memorandum, which later turns into a contract aimed at investing gas from 5 oil fields, comes within the plans of the ministry to invest gas associated with oil operations from the fields of Basra province, in order to maximize national production of dry gas, liquids and condensates, And preserving the environment. 
Iraq annually burns about 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas associated with oil extraction operations in the south of the country, and cost more than 15 billion dollars a year, according to oil experts.

[aj1]

Good to see they are making steps to be more efficient with the resources they have!

[yota691]

Iraq resorts to US company Henwell to stop loss of $ 15 billion annually

Economy | 02:55 - 16/07/2019

 

 

 

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A 
spokesman for the Oil Ministry announced on Wednesday the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the investment of Artawi gas in Basra in the south of the country between the South Gas Company and the US and the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister. 
The ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said that this memorandum, which later turns into a contract aimed at investing gas from 5 oil fields, comes within the plans of the ministry to invest gas associated with oil operations from the fields of Basra province, in order to maximize national production of dry gas, liquids and condensates, And preserving the environment. 
Iraq annually burns about 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas associated with oil extraction operations in the south of the country, and cost more than 15 billion dollars a year, according to oil experts.

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Tomorrow .. Iraqi oil signed an agreement with Honeywell to deal with gas

Iraqi Ministry of Oil

 July 16, 2019 3:21 PM

The spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, said on Tuesday that the Wazera will sign on Wednesday an agreement with the company Honeywell US; to deal with natural gas from the oil field of Artawi in the south of the country.

Asim Jihad said in a statement that the memorandum of understanding will be developed later to a contract to process gas from 5 oil fields.

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Thank ya Yota  

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Oil Minister: We seek to invest gas from five oil fields

Economie

2019-07-17 06:17

 

 

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Oil Minister Thamir al-Ghadhban said on Wednesday that the ministry is seeking to invest five fields in the Artawi gas project with a capacity of 600 cubic meters per day.

Al-Ghadhban said in a joint press conference with US Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toler following the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding for the investment of the Aratawi gas between the South Gas Company and the American Honeywell Company and attended by Alsumaria News. "The ministry, through its plans to invest gas Of many fields, it is today an important step in this context to enhance the national production of this wealth and provide good quantities of dry gas to supply power plants, gas and condensate for internal use and export, "noting that" the project aims to invest gas from 5 oil fields and a card up To 600 Muqmq. "

 

 

For his part, the US ambassador in Baghdad, " Matthew Toler, " that "American companies, including Honeywell works hard to participate in the development of new investments, including the long-term investment project, which aims to enhance the Iraqi economy by increasing the local capacity to produce energy in Iraq with the latest technology As well as providing thousands of jobs and reducing environmental pollution. " 

"The project is one of the most important projects for gas investment throughout the country and in the province of Basra in particular, which aims to invest gas up to (300) cubic meter million standard cubic feet per day up to (600) million cubic meters Provided a standard cube per day in the second phase of the project, which enhances the national production of gas. "

"This project comes within the framework of the plans of the Ministry of Oil to stop the burning of gas and the transfer of burned and wasted energy to useful energy to supply power plants with large quantities of gas and estimated the period of time for the first phase (36) months," said spokesman Assem Jihad . The project invests gas from (5) large fields, namely (Majnoon, West Qurna , Al- Lahis, Al-Tuba, Al-Sabba). " 

The Iraqi Oil Ministry is seeking to invest the associated gas from oil fields to prevent and stop the burning of gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi oil signed a memorandum to invest gas in 5 fields with American Honeywell

Iraqi Ministry of Oil

 17 July 2019 02:31 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Oil Ministry signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding for the investment of gas Aratawi between South Gas Company and Honeywell USA.

The ministry said in a statement that under the memorandum will be invested 300 million standard cubic feet per day in the first phase of the project, through investment in 5 oil fields.

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil, the interest of the government and the ministry to invest gas associated with oil operations through promising projects, and to enhance the national production of this wealth and reduce gas burning in order to preserve the environment.

Minister Thamer Abbas Al-Ghadhban said that the ministry, through its plans to invest gas from many fields, is now taking an important step in this regard to boost national production of this wealth and provide good quantities of dry gas to supply power plants, liquid gas and capacitors for internal use and export.

US Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toler said US companies including Honeywell are working hard to develop new long-term investments, including the Artawi gas investment project, which aims to boost the Iraqi economy by increasing local capacity to produce energy in Iraq with the latest Technology, as well as providing thousands of jobs and reducing environmental pollution.

The Director General of the South Gas Company, that this project is one of the projects important to invest gas throughout the country and in the province of Basra in particular.

He added that the project aims to invest gas up to 300 million standard cubic feet per day, up to 600 million standard cubic feet per day in the second phase of the project to enhance the national production of gas.

The spokesman said that this project comes within the plans of the Ministry of Oil to stop the burning of gas and the transfer of burned and wasted energy to useful energy to supply power plants with large quantities of gas, and estimated the period of time for the first phase 36 months.

Asim Jihad, said that this project invests gas from 5 large fields, namely (Majnoon, West Qurna, Al-Lahis, Tuba, and Al-Sabba).

He pointed out that the next phase will witness the signing of a number of gas investment contracts to enhance the national production of this wealth.

[NEPatriotsFan1]

I’m pretty sure MarkZ has it in good authority these contracts were signed at $28.50 per Dinar behind closed doors.... 😂 

 

In all seriousness it is great to see them signing international contracts for gas and oil.... hopefully something pops here quick 

[DoD]

Losing 15 billion dollars annually by flaring off gas that could be sold to run power plants is insane, that would just about cover their annual budget each year. 

Hard to believe with that many thieves in one room that at least one of them hasn’t figured out a way to steal that gas before now....

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5 minutes ago, DoD said:

Hard to believe with that many thieves in one room that at least one of them hasn’t figured out a way to steal that gas before now....

 

welp now that they got a player as in Honeywell the real planning i mean scheming begins ...J/K but it is good to see progress ..I think ,

Cheers dv'ers

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24 minutes ago, NEPatriotsFan1 said:

hopefully something pops here quick 

It did pop

my blood pressure

[yota691]

Iraq plans to invest gas from five fields with a capacity of 600 million cubic feet

Release date: 2019/7/17 13:03 • 209 times read

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil, Thamer Ghadhban, stressed the interest of the government and the ministry to invest gas associated with the oil operations through promising projects, thus enhancing the national production of this wealth and reduce the burning of gas in order to preserve the environment.

Al-Ghadhban said during a press conference following the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding for the investment of gas (Artawi) between the South Gas Company and the company «Honeywell} US to invest {300 mcmq] million standard cubic feet per day in the first phase of the project» He 
said, "The ministry and through its plans In order to invest gas from many fields, it is today an important step in this context to enhance the national production of this wealth and the provision of good quantities of dry gas to supply power plants, liquid gas and condensate for internal use and export, "praising" the efforts of concerned departments in the ministry and the Undersecretary's Office Gas Affairs and the South Gas Company for their efforts in cooperation and prepare the way to the signing of the memorandum and contracts later. "
For his part, the US ambassador in Baghdad, Matthew Toler expressed "appreciation for the steps taken by the Ministry of Oil to reduce the burning gas in the southern oil fields through investment and benefit from it to supply power plants at good rates." 
"US companies, including Honeywell, are actively working to develop new long-term investments, including the Artawi gas investment project, which aims to boost the Iraqi economy by increasing local capacity to produce energy in Iraq with state-of-the-art technology, Opportunities and reducing environmental pollution ".
The Director General of the South Gas Company Hayan Abdul-Zahra that "this project is one of the important projects to invest gas throughout the country and in the province of Basra in particular, where it aims to invest gas up to 300 (Muqmq) million standard cubic feet per day up to 600 {Muqmq} Million cubic feet per day in the second phase of the project, which enhances the national production of gas. " 
"This project comes within the framework of the plans of the Ministry of Oil to stop the burning of gas and the transfer of burned and wasted energy to useful energy to supply power plants with large quantities of gas and estimated the period of time for the first phase of about 36 months." 
Jihad said that "this project invests gas from five large fields, namely," Majnoon, West Qurna, Al-Lhais, Taba, Al-Sabba ", pointing out that"

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4 minutes ago, yota691 said:

"This project comes within the framework of the plans of the Ministry of Oil to stop the burning of gas and the transfer of burned and wasted energy to useful energy to supply power plants with large quantities of gas and estimated the period of time for the first phase of about 36 months." 

 

thanks yota , always bringing it 

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Iraq strikes Basra gas deal with America’s Honeywell 

By Lawk Ghafuri 1 hour ago 

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https://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/business/17072019

South Gas General Manager Hayan Abdul Zahra (left), Iraqi Minister of Oil Thamir al-Ghadhban (second from right), and US Ambassador to Baghdad Mathew Tueller (right) hold a press conference in Baghdad, July 17, 2019. Photo: Iraq Ministry of Oil / social media 

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s ministry of oil signed an agreement on Wednesday with US energy giant Honeywell to increase gas production at five oil refineries in Basra to 600 million cubic meters.

Thamir al-Ghadhban, Iraq’s oil minister, signed the agreement in Baghdad alongside the new US ambassador to Iraq, Mathew Tueller. Iraq’s state-owned company South Gas will work in partnership with Honeywell at Basra’s al-Artawi facilities. 

“The Iraqi government and Ministry of Oil are very keen on investing in gas in order to increase the annual budget of the country and increase the production of Iraqi natural resources, and to also reduce air pollution by not burning the gas anymore,” Ghadhban told a press conference.

“Today the Iraqi oil ministry signed an agreement to increase Iraqi gas production in order to also benefit the electricity sector and for the internal and external use by exporting the gas for the regional countries and that will increase Iraqi’s annual budget,” he added.

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil announced its intention to capture gas flares for electricity generation back in February 2019. Doing so could help improve Iraq’s ramshackle power grid, which suffers daily blackouts, and clean up the environment. 

Iraqi officials had said they aim to end gas flares in Iraq by 2021. 

Also speaking at Wednesday’s press conference, US Ambassador Tueller hailed the deal.

“We are very happy and delighted to see steps are being taken by the Iraqi oil ministry regarding reinvesting in gas which was one of the main reasons behind air pollution in Iraq and, instead of wasting the gas, now the Iraqi oil ministry is investing in it to increase the annual budget of Iraq and also electricity production,” Tueller said.

“American gas companies including the Honeywell company are committed to serve the Iraqi state in order to increase the annual budget of Iraq, electricity production, and gas production, which the gas of the al-Artawi project is mainly focusing on, also those kind of projects will improve the environment and reduce air pollution in Iraq as well as provide job opportunity to hundreds or thousands of Iraqis,” he added.

Hayan Abdul Zahra, general manager of South Gas, said although the project is based in Basra, the whole country stands to benefit.

Aassim Jihad, an oil ministry spokesman, said: “The project comes when the ministry of oil started to reduce the burring of gas at the oil fields, in order to get benefits from the gas especially using it to produce electricity.”

“The first phase … will last for 36 months, and the oil refineries in which the project will start to operate in are Majnun, Gharib al-Qurna, al-lhiss, al-Tubba, and al-Siba.”

The Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) saw Iranian jets strike Iraqi oil fields and infrastructure, setting the industry back years. Moreover, the embargo imposed on Iraq due to its invasion of Kuwait deprived it of critical technology to develop its oil fields.

Iraq has suffered from severe power shortages since the 1990s. The shortages became even more severe by 2003 with aging power generation plants and terrorist attacks.

Last summer, electricity shortages were a primary reason for protests spreading across Iraq. Especially in southern Basra, people took to the streets to demonstrate against poor services, lack of employment, and the meagre hours of state-provided electricity.  

The Iraqi government has made agreements with foreign firms including Siemens and General Electric in order to improve the electricity supply in Iraq, especially after Washington re-imposed sanctions on Iran, which exports energy to Iraq. 

Initially, the US granted Iraq a 45-day waiver to import electricity from Iran after Washington re-imposed sanctions on Tehran in November last year. That waiver was renewed three times in December, March, and June, each time for 90 days.

Iran supplies about a third of Iraq’s energy, exporting 28 million cubic meters of gas to feed its power stations or the direct import of up to 1,300 megawatts of Iranian-produced electricity.

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Nice to see an  American company land a deal.

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Near the signing of a gas investment contract with an American company

Monday 22 July 2019 88

 

Basrah / Saad Al Sammak

 

The Ministry of Oil has announced the close of the signing of the final contract for the associated gas investment in the field of Artawi, the first stage, as well as a plan to take advantage of this product from five other fields. 

The director of the South Gas Company, Hayyan Abdul-Zahra said in a statement to the "morning": After the completion of estimates of the valuation of investment will be announced the signing of the final contract with a US company to construct a gas isolation plant in the field of Artawi oil to invest 300 million cubic feet a day as a first stage Northwest of Basra, pointing out that the second phase will be announced within the next period to reach a total production of 600 million standard cubic feet per day.

He explained that the investment energy associated gas in the fields of Gharraf and Nasiriyah 200 million standard cubic feet per day, which was built by the company "J. Baker Hughes) and is the second project of his company to invest in oil fields in the southern fields at the present time.

Abdul-Zahra confirmed that the Ministry of Oil plans to announce in 2022 the disposal of the flame of burning gas in most of the fields producing crude oil in Basra and southern provinces to maximize financial resources, as well as the processing of power plants to meet their needs of natural gas, calling for the initiative of the Ministry of Oil to stop the burning of natural gas By 

Year 2022. 

He pointed out that the Ministry of Oil works through its gas companies and the companies of the first oil licensing rounds and financial institutions to implement this initiative, indicating that the plan of the ministry is divided into two parts of the first direct investment of the ministry in five fields are crazy and West Qurna 2, Invitations to companies specialized in the establishment of plants to separate the associated gas in those fields and delivered after the implementation of his company, while the other section according to the plan to invest by the Gas Company of Basra for the fields of the first licensing round, Rumaila giant giant and the main operator of the British company "BP" For (West Qurna 1) and the operator of President Company (Lukoil) Russian as well as field (Zubair), which invests the company (ENI), Italy.

He added that the quantities burned daily exceeds the country's natural gas production by about once, adding that accordingly, plans were prepared to stop wasting natural gas and find markets to sell or put in use Useful.

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US website reveals US companies seeking to acquire Iraqi gas fields

19:08 - 22/08/2019

 

Information / Translation…

A report by the site (Just Security) of the US National Security and the Faculty of Law at New York University, attempts by US companies to acquire deals to extract gas from Iraqi oil fields in light of the huge quantities discovered.

" Iraq has increased its production by more than half since 2012 and is set to be the third largest oil producer in the world by 2030," the report said.

"So far proven reserves of natural gas are sufficient to meet the current demand of a big country like Germany for at least 40 years," he said.

He pointed out that "the extraction of these resources and exported through US energy companies would achieve US victories on several fronts, including reducing Europe's dependence on Russian energy markets, and enhance US energy security and create jobs and revenues for the United States."

"With regard to Iraq, the effective production cost and environmental responsibility of the country in terms of extracting its natural resources would contribute to ensuring the stability necessary for the future well-being of that country," he said.

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Expert: Iraq will have national natural gas plants in 2021

19:18 - 24/08/2019

  

Information / Special…

Oil expert Hamza al-Jawaheri said on Saturday that Iraq will have gas processing plants in 2021.

Al-Jawahery said in a statement to the information, that "all Iraqi gas processing plants are under construction at the moment," pointing out that "Royal Dutch Shell is currently working on the establishment of gas processing plants to take advantage of natural gas available in Iraq ."

He added that "the term of completion of natural gas processing plants as agreed between Shell and the Iraqi government, it will end in 2021 ″, noting that" Iraq will export gas and will produce during the next two years.

The site (Just Security) of the US National Security and the Faculty of Law at the University of New York, revealed a report, last week, attempts by US companies to acquire deals to extract gas from Iraqi oil fields in light of the huge quantities discovered, among the proven reserves and explored so far from Natural gas is sufficient to meet the current demand of a large country like Germany for at least 40 years. Finished 25 T.

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Oil Minister lays foundation stone for Basra natural gas complex project

 

Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban

energy Economy News - Baghdad Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister Thamer Al-Ghadhban confirmed on Wednesday that the ministry will press ahead with its plans to optimize the investment of gas associated with oil operations and reduce the percentage of burning and wasted energy to a minimum. Al-Ghadhban said during the laying of the foundation stone for the project of liquefaction of natural gas complex (Basrah-NGL) in the province of Basra, according to a statement seen by the "economic news", "This project enhances the capacity of the Basra Gas Company to invest the proportion (40%) of gas production in Artawi field up to raise the company's production rates of invested gas to 1.4 billion cubic feet per day from all fields invested in the first round of licenses (Rumaila North, Zubair, West Qurna / 1). He added, "The project is one of the promising projects important to enhance the national gas production to supply the national electricity grid to achieve the generation (1500) MW, in addition to increasing the rates of production of liquid gas (LPG), which in turn will contribute to achieve financial revenues through the export of quantities Excess domestic consumption, as well as reducing environmental pollution and substantially stopping gas flaring. " "The project will support the national content that we always emphasize," Ghadhban said.  For his part, said the Director General of South Gas Hayyan Abdul Ghani, "The project is a new facility designed according to the latest international standards, consisting of two gas treatment units (acid)," noting that "these two units add 400 million standard cubic feet per day ( Mokmak) for the production of Basra Gas Company.  "The project also includes the installation of three new pipelines and extraction facilities (NGL) in addition to the rehabilitation of old facilities," Abdul Ghani said, pointing to the "significant environmental impact that the project will provide in the province, as the quantities of treatment in the project (BNGL) Will prevent additional amounts of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. "  He stressed, "This project will help to avoid the release of greenhouse gases, by reducing the amount of burning gas," noting that "since 2013, the Basra Gas Company has been able to prevent the emission of nearly 70 million tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere." . In turn, the director of Basra Gas Company Fratz Klab, said that "Basra Gas Company began the development and modernization of several facilities in the Basra Gas Company and the storage and export complex in Umm Qasr as well as the cooling project for the LPG, as well as making various improvements in Khor Al-Zubair and additional pressure stations This comes within the increased capacity of the gas to be added by the Basra plant to liquefy the gas, which is expected to start the first production unit at the end of 2021, followed by the operation of the second unit later.  He pointed out that "the Basra complex to liquefy the new natural gas will include the establishment of 14 compressor stations, and more than 150 pieces of equipment, in addition to pieces of equipment used to measure compressed air and water treatment." Views 40   Date Added 04/09/2019

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Oil: No burning of associated gas mid 2022

Thursday, September 12, 2019 41

 

 

Basra / Al-Sabah

The Ministry of Oil confirmed that the country is entering the phase of the burning of gas associated with the production of natural gas in mid-2022.

"It is planned during the next three years to reach the investment of gas to more than one billion and 600 million cubic feet, either in the licensing or direct investment round," Hayyan Abdel Ghani, director general of the South Gas Company, said in an interview with Al-Sabah. 

 "The ministry aims to do so by eliminating the phenomenon of gas flaring in mid-2020 and equipping plants

 Electricity generation by gas, in addition to supplying petrochemical companies with natural gas, as a raw material for the production of plastic granules and fertilizers 

Chemical. "  

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Iraq enters phase of the associated gas flaring by mid - 2022

Economy | 08:34 - 12/09/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The
Ministry of Oil confirmed the country's entry into the phase of the burning of gas associated with the production of natural gas in mid-2022.
According to the Director General of South Gas Company affiliated to the Ministry, Hayyan Abdul Ghani, One billion and 600 million cubic feet either in the licensing round or direct investment. "
He added that "the ministry aims through this to get rid of the phenomenon of burning gas in mid-2020 and processing power plants with gas, in addition to supplying petrochemical manufacturers with natural gas, as a raw material for the production of plastic granules and chemical fertilizers."