Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, confirmed the Ministry’s keenness to support rapid energy solutions projects to invest associated gas and convert it into useful energy, in cooperation with reputable specialized international companies.
Abdul Ghani said, during his meeting with the Executive Director of Mobile Power Units at General Electric Energy Company in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Medhat Al-Marabi, that “investing burned gas and converting it into useful productive energy is of interest to the government program and the Ministry’s plans, which have achieved advanced steps in the fields of Basra Maysan and Dhi Qar, leading to plans to stop burning gas during the next few years,” praising the cooperation and efforts made by international companies to achieve the goal of the government and the Ministry in this regard, including General Electric Energy Company.
For his part, The Executive Director of Mobile Power Units at General Electric Energy Company in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Medhat Al-Marabi, said that the meeting included an emphasis on the strategic partnership between the Ministry of Oil and General Electric, and praise of the government’s role in the projects that the company is implementing in the energy sector. Throughout Iraq, as well as discussing the technical offer presented by General Electric for rapid solutions to benefit from burned associated gas to produce electrical energy by benefiting from General Electric’s jet turbine technology, and the proposal to sign a framework agreement on the sidelines of the COP28 climate conference.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency