Baghdad – INA – Amna Al-Salami
Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Oil clarified regarding the export of liquid gas by the Basra Gas Company, while confirming that the gas exported abroad is not used in operating power stations.
Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told the (INA): “There must be a distinction between dry gas and liquid gas,” pointing out that “dry gas is used to operate electrical power stations, while liquid gas is used for cooking purposes and is also used as fuel to operate cars.”
He pointed out that “the Ministry of Oil has a surplus in liquid gas production, and therefore it exported it outside Iraq in order to achieve additional revenues,” stressing that “Iraq had previously announced the export of liquid gas in excess of its need and not the dry gas that is used in electric power stations.” “.
Yesterday, Thursday, the Ministry of Oil announced that the Basra Gas Company had exported its first shipment of “semi-refrigerated” propane gas.
The Undersecretary for Gas Affairs, Izzat Saber, said in a statement received by the (INA): “The quantity of the exported shipment of “semi-refrigerated” propane gas amounted to more than 10,700 tons,” indicating that “it is considered one of the large shipments that are marketed and loaded on the back of tankers.” Specialized.”
He added, “This comes within the plans of the ministry and the company to maximize the national production of dry gas and export the surplus liquid gas (LPG), condensates and other products to global markets to achieve financial revenues.”