The Iraqi Electricity Ministry said on Wednesday that it is exempt from the sanctions imposed by Washington on Iran, and announced the continued flow of imported gas from Iran to feed the country's production stations and the purchase of 1,200 megawatts of Iranian electricity.
The government newspaper Al-Sabah said, according to an unnamed source in the ministry, that the termination of US exemptions from sanctions on Iran does not include the Ministry of Electricity, but includes some countries that buy crude oil from Tehran.
The United States on Monday decided not to renew exemptions on Iranian oil imports by May 2 to eight countries it received in December.
In a related context, the newspaper quoted Musab teacher, the Ministry of Electricity that his country currently imports from Iran about 28 million cubic feet of gas per day, feeding a number of power plants to about 2800 MW.
"It is hoped that the quantities will rise to the beginning of next June to 35 million standard cubic feet per day, to raise the production capacity to 3500 MW.
He pointed out that the Iranian side continues to equip Iraq with 1200 MW of electricity daily feeding the national system.
summer season
The teacher pointed out that the total amount of energy imported by his country from Iran is 4,700 megawatts, which contributes to easing the burden of Iraq in the summer.
He said the ministry's goal is to provide 8,000 megawatts to be the highest energy volume this summer in Iraq's history.
The teacher said on Monday that Iraq had no alternative to importing Iranian gas, adding that stopping imports would cost Iraq's electricity grid 4,000 megawatts a day.
Iraq has agreed to a deal with China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Company to build and operate facilities to process natural gas, as well as oil in the giant Halfaya field, two oil officials said on Wednesday.
Iraq burns some of the gas extracted along with crude oil in its fields because of the lack of facilities to be treated and converted to fuel for domestic consumption or export.
This came at a time when Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Thamer Ghadhban said that his country plans to start a wide-ranging exploration of oil and gas in Western Sahara over the next four years.