BAGHDAD, September 19, 2021 (AFP) – SUNDAY (19) Iraq has begun implementation of a process to recover flared gas from two oil fields located in the south of the country, the second in the world to use this highly polluting Is. Method.
This new project, the result of a contract signed in 2017 with American Baker Hughes, would make it possible to recover approximately 200 million cubic feet (about 5.6 million m) of gas per day that would be burned in the Nasiriyah and Gharaf oil fields. . According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Petroleum.
The burning of gas released during oil extraction is known to be important for air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Oil companies burn this gas because it is much cheaper than processing it and then selling it.
An Iraqi ministry official explained to AFP that in order to process flared gas normally, it is still necessary to wait 30 months before the project can actually be implemented and the infrastructure work to be completed.
“The project aims to exploit escaping gas from all oil fields from Iraq, strengthen national gas production and preserve a clean environment,” Minister Ihsan Ismail said in a press release.
According to the World Bank (WB), Iraq is the second country in the world to adopt this practice, after Russia and ahead of Iran and the United States.
According to the World Bank, in 2020, the amount of gas that flared up in Iraq reached 17,374 million m3 per year.
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