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Oil: report (The Economist) about the size of gas wasted in Iraq (exaggerated) .. and energy parliamentary: (real)
March 27, 2014
Described the Oil Ministry a report of the magazine "The Economist" British detect "waste of Iraq annually 12 billion cubic meters of gas associated with oil extraction, which is equivalent to Austria need of gas a year," and described as exaggerated.
Said Asim Jihad, a ministry spokesman, told Radio Free Iraq, if this report is exaggerated, and that Iraq has already contracted with companies, including Shell and (Mitsubishi), in order to invest the gas associated with oil, stressing that Iraq will be among the most important gas exporter in the region in 2018.
Jihad but did not mention the volume of gas wasted in the extraction of oil.
However, Qassim Mohammed, a member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, said that the report said "the truth", stressing that what is wasting of natural gas in Iraq much more than reported by the report, and that Iraq is wasting millions of dollars on a daily basis as a result of lack of investment for this gas.
He held Abbas Ghalibi, journalist economic, oil ministry responsible for what he called "inconsistencies" between the data contained in the reports of international economic, and those contained in the reports of the ministry, which he said has always disclose figures for the production of oil is different from what declared by manufacturers, pointing out that such a thing Making observers and specialists are perplexed about the issue of who is the most accurate.
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March 27, 2014
Described the Oil Ministry a report of the magazine "The Economist" British detect "waste of Iraq annually 12 billion cubic meters of gas associated with oil extraction, which is equivalent to Austria need of gas a year," and described as exaggerated.
Said Asim Jihad, a ministry spokesman, told Radio Free Iraq, if this report is exaggerated, and that Iraq has already contracted with companies, including Shell and (Mitsubishi), in order to invest the gas associated with oil, stressing that Iraq will be among the most important gas exporter in the region in 2018.
Jihad but did not mention the volume of gas wasted in the extraction of oil.
However, Qassim Mohammed, a member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, said that the report said "the truth", stressing that what is wasting of natural gas in Iraq much more than reported by the report, and that Iraq is wasting millions of dollars on a daily basis as a result of lack of investment for this gas.
He held Abbas Ghalibi, journalist economic, oil ministry responsible for what he called "inconsistencies" between the data contained in the reports of international economic, and those contained in the reports of the ministry, which he said has always disclose figures for the production of oil is different from what declared by manufacturers, pointing out that such a thing Making observers and specialists are perplexed about the issue of who is the most accurate.
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