The Minister of Energy, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, issued a directive today to increase crude oil production to raise associated gas production.
“Al-Sudani presided over the periodic meeting to follow up on oil sector projects, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, a number of advisors and officials in the ministry and its affiliated companies,” a statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office read.
A “briefing on the recently opened projects, which represent a qualitative leap in raising the capabilities of the oil industry in Iraq” was presented to him.
He added, “The paces of culmination of commodity, circulation and transportation projects were talked about and the advancement of work in these crucial areas, as well as circling back to the consummation of refining projects and coordinated energy projects.”.
Al-Sudani has noted the necessity of “increasing raw petroleum production operations to boost volumes of associated gas, either through public efforts or by completing the production rates contracted with permitting round companies.” Moreover, he has instructed the northern refineries to increase their production capacity in order to cover their electrical energy requirements.
The meeting discussed the current gas investment projects, particularly with the associated gas investment rate reaching 69 percent of the gas produced in all Iraqi fields, which represents a strategic achievement in a short period as it achieved an increase of 13 percent, the statement concluded.
