Oil Minister: A serious discussion with France's Total and Russia's Lukoil to build gas production plants

by **claud39** Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:10 am

Oil Minister: A serious discussion with France's Total and Russia's Lukoil to build gas

production plants

2021-02-28

Oil Minister: A serious discussion with France's Total and Russia's Lukoil to build gas production plants 1614503250109

Shafaq News / Oil Minister, Ihssan Abdul-Jabbar confirmed today, Sunday, that gas production in the southern fields is more advanced than the center and the north.

Abdul-Jabbar said in an interview with Shafaq News: "The south has progressed more than the center and the north in terms of gas production," noting that "the south is working properly in this direction, even if it is late, but it is in the right direction."

He added that "there is a giant project led by the Basra Gas Company to build new facilities and it is under implementation. Its initial phase is to produce 400 million standard cubic meters and then later reach 1000 million standard cubic feet," noting that South Gas opened a serious discussion with the French company Total and Lukoil "Russian plants to construct plants with a capacity of 600 million standard cubic meters."

Abdul-Jabbar noted; To that "there is a project in Maysan governorate for a gas plant to produce 300 million standard cubic meters, with a completion rate of more than 20%," indicating that "Dhi Qar also has a project for a gas plant to produce 200 million standard cubic meters and it is in the stage of receiving the land and signed Contracts with the company and at the stage of opening documentary credits. "

Initial estimates by the Ministry of Oil indicate that Iraq possesses reserves estimated at 132 trillion cubic feet of gas, as about 70% of Iraqi gas is associated with extracting oil for processing, and Iraq is ranked eleventh among the countries in the world rich in natural gas.

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