The Ministry of Oil announces an increase in gas storage and production in Iraq
The Ministry of Oil announces an increase in gas storage and production in Iraq
2024/07/30
The Ministry of Oil announced that the actual storage of liquefied gas has risen to more than (133) thousand tons and that the production of liquefied gas has risen to more than (7) thousand tons.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Gas Affairs, Izzat Saber, said in a statement received by {Euphrates News} that “the daily production rate of liquefied gas received from the producing companies has reached (7370) thousand tons,” noting that “the production of the liquid is witnessing an increase thanks to the activation of gas investment projects witnessed by the oil sector, stressing that the gas sector enjoys the support of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Oil.”
For his part, the Director General of the Gas Filling and Services Company, Anmar Ali Hussein, said that his company has succeeded in achieving high fluidity in meeting the needs of citizens and service sectors in the capital, Baghdad, and the governorates, from providing liquefied gas cylinders or equipping complexes and service sectors, in addition to equipping vehicles, indicating that the daily consumption rate has reached (5700) thousand tons, and that there is a surplus in the quantities of gas produced nationally and between the rate and volume of consumption.”
Hussein added that the next stage is witnessing many projects that support the growth and development of the liquefied gas sector, according to the government program.
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