Iraq Seeks To Reduce Gas Flaring To Zero.

 Iraq Seeks To Reduce Gas Flaring To Zero.

  
Energy  The Ministry of Oil announced on Wednesday the government's efforts to
     increase associated gas investment rates and
     reduce flaring rates,
     achieving zero flaring, while also
     increasing liquefied natural gas production and exports to
     generate additional revenue for the state treasury.
 
“The government and the ministry are keen to
     increase the investment rates of associated gas from oil fields and work to
     reduce gas flaring to low levels, leading to
     zero flaring in the next few years, 

in addition to
     increasing the production and export rates of liquefied gas to
     generate additional revenues for the state treasury,” said Ezzat Saber Ismail, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Gas Affairs, during a leadership meeting for the gas sector, attended by heads of relevant companies and departments at the ministry’s headquarters.  

He added,  "The gas investment sector has achieved advanced levels of production, as national companies have been able to raise gas investment quantities to 71%, through the implementation of a number of projects that aim to achieve the Ministry's plans in this regard." 

 He pointed to "the interest the gas sector receives from Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani al-Sawad, " expressing his hope that
 
"the ministry will achieve its goals through projects implemented by national companies in cooperation with specialized international companies, particularly in the Maysan, Buzurgan, Gharraf, and Nasiriyah fields in Dhi Qar, Artawi, Nahr Bin Omar, and the integrated gas project with Total in Basra, in addition to the projects of the fifth licensing rounds."
 
The Undersecretary of the Ministry stressed the
     "need to enhance liquefied natural gas storage capacity by
     accelerating the implementation of ongoing and planned projects in a number of governorates,
     in order to strengthen the integrated infrastructure of this sector,
 
which has witnessed significant achievements in projects to
     increase production, storage, export capacities, and distribution outlets." He explained that
 
"the Ministry has recently succeeded in implementing a number of gas pipeline projects to power plants, which aim to achieve high flow rates in the transport and pumping of gas." 

The statement added,  "The meeting included a review of the
     projects being implemented within the ministry's programs and plans, the
     percentages of completion achieved, dry and liquid gas production rates,
     storage energy projects, the  pipeline network, and
     gas transportation to power plants, in addition to the topics included on the agenda."  
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