The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Gas Affairs affirmed the Ministry’s keenness to accelerate the implementation of gas investment projects, stop burning it, and work to transform it into useful energy to supply electrical power stations and all industries related to it in line with the government program and the directives of the Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, and the Minister of Oil.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Gas Affairs, Mr. Ezzat Saber, said that the gas investment sector is witnessing a growth and increase in the quantities of associated gas investment, as the amount of gas invested has reached more than (1916) cubic meters per day, which constitutes more than (61%) of the amount of gas produced, which amounts to (3120) cubic feet/day (million standard cubic feet per day).
Saber pointed out that electric power generation stations, industrial facilities, and others will be equipped with dry gas in a quantity of (1450) cubic meters per day.
While the amount of national production of liquid gas reached (6675) tons per day.
The Undersecretary expected new quantities to be added to the national production rate this year, after the completion of a number of promising projects in southern Iraq.
