Iran exacerbates Iraq's electrical crisis by reducing gas exports

[size=52]Iran exacerbates Iraq's electrical crisis by reducing gas exports[/size]

[size=48]Iran's reduction of gas quantities causes a loss of 2,600 megawatts of the total electric power produced in Iraq, while the Iraqi authorities suffer a war of attrition through acts of terrorist sabotage that often lead to power outages for more than 20 hours. 
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 Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while it actually needs 30,000
[size=45]BAGHDAD  - Iran's reduction of gas export levels necessary to operate electric power plants in Iraq has deepened the electricity crisis in Mesopotamia, which suffers from exacerbated problems in the sector due to a series of absurd sabotage operations targeting electrical towers and stations.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq announced today, Tuesday, that Iran has reduced the quantities of gas export needed to operate electric power plants to the level of 25 million cubic meters per day, causing a loss of 2,600 megawatts of the country's total electric production capacity.[/size]
[size=45]A press release from the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity stated, “Today, the amount of Iranian gas supplied to gas power stations in central and southern Iraq was reduced from 47 to 25 million cubic meters per day, which caused the national system to lose nearly 2,600 megawatts.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement indicated that the Ministry of Electricity coordinated with the Ministry of Oil to compensate for what was lost by the gas system so as not to affect the maintenance of the production momentum.[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Electricity called on citizens to understand what the national system is going through from a war of attrition through acts of terrorist sabotage, in addition to reducing gas quantities, which negatively affected the hours of electricity supply.[/size]
[size=45]In the past few months, Iraq has witnessed almost daily operations targeting electric power transmission lines and towers by ISIS, until they exceeded 61 sabotage operations, which negatively affected the supply of homes with electric power.[/size]
[size=45]Since the nineties of the last century, Iraq has adopted the programmed cut-off system for electricity and preparing homes for specific hours per day due to the destruction of electric power production plants after the wars that the country fought and what followed after 2003.[/size]
[size=45]All successive governments, after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, were unable to rebuild electrical power production and distribution stations, although they spent more than $80 billion on the electricity sector since 2003 until now, according to statistics of the current Iraqi government.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while the actual need exceeds 30 thousand megawatts per day, according to officials in the electricity sector.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity by linking its network with the electricity system of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.[/size]
[size=45]For years, Iraq has relied on Iran alone to import 1,200 megawatts of electricity, as well as gas to feed local electric power stations.[/size]
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