Iraq’s debt to Iran for gas purchase – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr news agency, quoting the Iraqi news agency واع، عادل کریم The Iraqi Minister of Electricity said: Iraq has reached an agreement with Iran on the daily export of 50 million cubic meters of gas.
“Iraq needs Iranian gas in the next five to 10 years,” he said. ایران Currently It exports 38-35 million cubic meters of gas per day to Iraq. If the gas exports from Iran stabilize according to the agreements, Iraq’s electricity production will reach 25,000 MW in the summer.
Karim added: Iraq is a missionary 1,692 Billion dollars to buy Gas Owes Iran. If the relevant laws are passed in the parliament, Iraq can start paying the debt to Iran from June 1.
He stressed that the Iraqi electricity connection to Turkey will be established within the next week. Next week, Iraq will negotiate with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to connect the Iraqi electricity grid to these countries.
Karim added that with the connection of Iraqi electricity to Saudi Arabia, in the first phase 500 MW and in the second phase 1500 Megawatts of electricity will be exported from Saudi Arabia to Iraq.
He also announced an agreement with Qatar to import gas from the country in the winter, saying that the gas would be through ships carrying fuel.
He said the Iraqi electricity generation Currently It is 21,000 MW, of which 7,000 to 8,000 MW depends on Iranian gas.