Former SOMO President: Iraq burns 35% of the gas produced

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[size=52]Former SOMO President: Iraq burns 35% of the gas produced[/size]

[size=45]Falah Al-Amiri, former head of SOMO and current advisor to the Prime Minister, reported that the gas burned in Iraq now is 35%, while the gas produced is 65%.[/size]
[size=45]Falah Al-Amiri said, in his speech during the activities of a political forum held in Erbil, entitled “Addressing Iraq’s Urgent Priorities,” that “there is a conflict now in the transition phase between fossil fuels and renewable energy, as developed countries use renewable energy, such as Japan and others, while countries with economies “Emerging companies use a balance between fossil and renewable energy.”[/size]
[size=45]Falah Al-Amiri added, “Iraq is one of the countries that produces fossil energy, and poor countries also still use fossil energy.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding gas in Iraq, the former SOMO director stated that, “In 2010, Iraq was burning 100% of its gas, but the percentage of gas burned moved to 58%, while the percentage produced was 42%.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “in the current government, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani has focused on this issue carefully and with continuous follow-up, with the necessity of getting rid of the issue of burned gas,” noting that “35% is the burned gas now, and 65% is the produced gas.”[/size]
[size=45]Falah Al-Amiri stressed that “the efforts being made in Iraq now in this regard are not similar to those in neighboring countries,” noting that “Iraq is proceeding in a simple manner despite the state’s focus on this issue.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Ahmed Al-Mufti, confirmed that the region’s gas constitutes 50% of Iraq’s production and will rise to 60% during the corresponding period.[/size]
[size=45]Ahmed Al-Mufti explained that “the Kurdistan region depends on water by 2% in producing electricity, while it depends on gas by 85%.”[/size]
[size=45]He talked about the Kurdistan region's ability to increase gas production, saying: “When we compare the Kurdistan region and other regions in Iraq, the region has great potential to increase gas production and use it in electricity production.”[/size]
[size=45]The Deputy Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government pointed out that “the Kurdistan Region’s oil production constitutes perhaps 10% of the total Iraqi oil production, but the Kurdistan Region’s gas constitutes 50% of the natural gas production in Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]In this context, he explained that “Iraq produces 1.4 billion cubic feet, while the Kurdistan region produces 0.7 billion cubic feet, and within six months to a year it will be able to produce 60% of the gas” in Iraq, noting that the Kurdistan region’s production “is not associated gas.”[/size]
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