Oil Ministry extend the period of self-sufficiency of gas to the post-2018

Oil Ministry extend the period of self-sufficiency of gas to the post-2018


 Baghdad / Zahraa Al-Jassem

Since more than three years talking Oil Ministry plans to achieve self - sufficiency of gas in all Osnavh, and while the ministry in mid - year had expected 2015 to achieve self - sufficiency of it in early 2018, she returned today to express its hope verification after 2018! .. due an expert on the oil issue, the reasons for the continuation of our need to import lies in the burning of associated gas and non - gas projects is completed and not to invest gas fields so far.
Assem Jihad , spokesman for the Ministry of Oil, confirms in an interview (range), the ministry has developed the necessary investment associated with the investment operations of oil gas plans, and the gas is located in the ground, in terms of import, Iraq imported dry from Iran gas to supply stations generating electricity that works fuel gas, where the Ministry of Electricity imported in the previous several stations time, and did not have Iraq 's self - sufficiency in this area to provide these stations, forcing the government to import quantities of gas from neighboring countries in addition to national production, causing a deficit of gas, but who To be hoped that after we get to the stage of the 2018 gas provides all power stations, especially since the Ministry of Oil supplied with electric power stations good quantities of gas.
Emphasizes Jihad, that the national production of gas is now beginning to escalate, we have made important steps through our ability to provide self - sufficiency of liquid gas, reaching our production to about 6 thousand tons per day, while we export surplus of condensate, while the question of liquid gas, there is a surge in production and it is hoped that we will get good amounts and get to the self - sufficiency of liquid gas after 2018, and stop import.
For his part , he sees the Energy Committee member of the Parliamentary Ibrahim Bahr al- Ulum said in an interview (range), that is owned by Iraq's gas reserves proven mostly gas attendant, and with Iraq produces about 3,000 million cubic feet per day of it and invests an average of one third, it could be up to rates Investment limits of the "2,000 million cubic feet at the end of the decade , " adding: to Basra gas project with the participation of Shell and Miciobaishe was begun about the year and a half year ago to invest the associated gas from the southern fields of gas, and has already gas treatment for dry gas , liquid gas capacitors, which make Iraq succeed in stopping the import Gas liquid , but began the export of liquid and gas condensate, but in any case is still a need to meet the needs of power plants of dry gas, and there is a need to import this article from neighboring countries , especially since Iraq was adopted in electric power generation has on gas stations.
To this confirms an expert on oil affairs Durgham Muhammad Ali, that Iraq so far has no sufficiency of dry gas compared to liquid gas, due to the associated gas flaring and non - gas projects is completed and the lack of gas fields, including the field crutch in Anbar and Mansuriyah and Siba in Basra investment, and this confirms that Iraq lacks quantities sufficient dry gas to keep up with increased electrical power generation plants, increasing the growing demand for electric power in Iraq, thus we need sources to import gas such as Iran and others, a process that will continue until gas investment is completed associated with the right one "Shell" The two Mciobaishe are investing now in the three largest fields in Iraq.
Shows Ali in an interview (range), that in addition to the above in his speech, the fields that are within the second rounds of licensing contracts were part of the contract that the gas investment associated with the same project, which means that this process will also provide quantities of gas, but in case the remaining gas fields in Iraq , such as Siba field in Basra investment that the region is safe, compared Bhkulai Mansuriyah and field crutch in Anbar, and as is the nearest field to invest, it will provide quantities of gas because it possesses good reserves and can have that obviates imports from neighboring countries.
Iraq has signed two agreements with Iran on 17-May -2017 to import gas is whereby Iranian gas exports to the regions of Baghdad and Basra.
Specialists believe that the frightening imbalance lies, that all licensing rounds and the amount of expected production , whether planned or actual did not address the issue of gas emitted and how to deal with him, does Iraq still burn this wealth or turn it into a money advance the capabilities of the country and revive its economy, and here one wonders, see Why is not granted licenses to invest in oil and gas instead, and invite specialized companies to invest for we have put the first sector block can run a wide range of employment and to maximize resources and support for the state budget and obviates imports from neighboring countries.


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