Oil announces the transfer of a number of gas fields not invested in the Ministry of Electricity

by **claud39** Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:58 am

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Oil announces the transfer of a number of gas fields not invested in the Ministry of Electricity

29/11/2018

Economy News _ Baghdad

The Ministry of Oil announced on Thursday the transfer of a number of non-invested gas fields to the Ministry of Electricity to set up generating stations with different capacities. The system will provide additional cards that will be fed on gas. The 2023 will witness an investment of 2800 million cubic feet of associated gas For oil production operations.

Deputy Minister for Gas Affairs, Dr. Hamid Al-Zobaie said in a statement quoted by the newspaper "Al-Sabah" semi-official and viewed by "Economy News", "The ministry and its contribution to find quick solutions for the provision of electricity is currently working in coordination with the Ministry of Electricity and Siemens and General Electric, To set up fast mobile electrical units working on liquid gas to be installed in the fields of energy.

Al-Zobaie added that "this idea came because of the difficulty of the process of collecting gas in these fields, which requires the establishment of large projects will be completed for a long period of time, noting that the ministry has conducted surveys of those sites, which have been quantified and actually been transferred to the company (Siemens) General Electric) within their agreements with the Ministry of Electricity for the purpose of installing generators generating different cards for the consumption of limited quantities of associated gas in different locations.

He added that "the total quantities of gas associated in these discrete fields will provide 15 million cubic feet of gas per day of generation units with the feasibility of economic implementation of this project, thus this will be the best way to invest gas during this stage until the creation of significant investment opportunities, That "the implementation of this project will add quantities of electricity to the system and at the same time will enrich the establishment of facilities for these quantities, which are small and economically feasible."

Zobaie stressed that "the ministry and since 2015, put an integrated plan to invest the entire gas associated with oil production, especially that Iraq's gas 70% of it is associated with the production of oil as a reserve and represents 100% of the existing production capacity, so requires investment complex facilities different shapes and pressures and quality, Noting that "the plan set out since 2015, as the amount of gas produced up to 700 million cubic feet a day, and currently the ministry invests 1500 million standard cubic feet per day of the total 2800 million cubic feet Yasi per day and desired by the year 2023 ".

He pointed out that "the plan of the Ministry in the coming years to complete the investment of the full amount of gas through the projects are currently underway and the project is currently Nasiriyah capacity of 200 million cubic feet standard daily and the project of Maysan 300 million standard cubic feet per day and the complex of Artawi gas 300 million standard cubic feet Daily and Ben Omar card amounting to 150 million standard cubic feet per day, in addition to the projects of the Basrah Gas Company, which will provide in the coming years up to 800 million standard cubic feet per day within the target must be Ge Basrah Gas Company within the specified fields down to 2023, which will invest most of the gas produced and the amounts associated with the production set. Oil after the completion of projects and plans. "