Iraq flares off huge amounts of associated gas while it continues to import electricity from its neighbor Iran, but now a number of projects could reduce the flaring and imports from Iran
Iraq continues to rely on Iran for around 40 percent of its power supplies.The potential for gas capture in Iraq is huge and there are many companies who want to do the projects for Iraq, including Baker Hughes.It has long been a point of extreme contention with the U.S. that Iraq continues to rely on neighbouring – sanctioned – Iran for around 40 percent of its power supplies, constituted in large part by imports of gas.
If this project proceeds then it would be a good start to a broader roll-out of capturing associated gas and using it for purposes that benefit Iraq, rather than just burning it off through flaring at oil wells. Unbeknownst to many, and hardly surprising given Iraq’s appalling record on gas flaring, Baghdad signed up to the United Nations and World Bank ‘Zero Routine Flaring’ initiative - aimed at ending by 2030 the routine flaring of gas produced during the drilling of oil.
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