3/22/2015
Criticized in the oil and energy parliamentary member of the government's lack of investment for natural gas heat or associated with the extraction of oil in domestic consumption or export so as to enhance the tributaries of the financial budget. Awad said Al-Awadi told all of Iraq [where] that "the investment of other natural resources other than oil, including the very important gas for Iraq and that's what we call him the government years ago and today we call the oil ministry to activate the subject of natural gas production and use in daily consumption effectively as a necessity and can also contribute an increase in the resources of the state budget because Iraq depends only by large and on oil imports, so the gas can be used as a resource for other countries. "
He pointed out that "the previous government's failure and the lack of vision in the development of a real plan commensurate with the size of Iraq to invest associated with oil and natural gas, or the free and the reluctance of some companies that have been contracted in this area has led to the loss of Iraq is very large gas, which burns in large quantities and do not take advantage of it in the field of electric power production, export or even domestic consumption. "
He said al-Awadi said Iraq "and so far still importing natural gas from other countries amount to more than 1.2 tons for the operation of power stations Unfortunately, the government and the oil ministry's response was weak for all calls, as well as in the establishment of Basra Gas Company, despite contract with Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi of Japan in 2011, but these contracts remained without activation. "
The member of the Committee on Energy parliamentary "There is slow in dealing with the company in the establishment of Basra Gas Company to the lack of investigation and control of the presence of some of the obstacles that do not allow the parties control it and follow up on what is required from this company and foreign companies and natural gas production."
Al-Awadi said, "Today, after the launch of appeals and even of the religious authority, which calls for using Iraq to supplement the resources of other resources such as agriculture, industry and others, there has become a big responsibility on the current government to achieve this."
He continued, "We hope that this government should take advantage of the failed politics and rampant corruption in the previous government for carbonated energy and resource saving Kheir-invasive and exploit very large as resources to supplement the Iraq money using the associated and free gas real use and the period specified time because the previous government had not fulfilled its promises or follow-up to promises Plan for gas investment in the previous period. "
Energy experts in the field estimate that Iraq is losing a day is equivalent to five million dollars as a result of the associated process oil Elicitations in oil fields, gas combustion, but the oil ministry attributed this to the country's vulnerability to a lot of wars fought in the past, where he contributed to these wars and directly to delay gas investment projects .anthy 2
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