Iraq’s efforts to continue buying gas and electricity from Iran
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He emphasized that preventing Iranian gas imports by the United States will have catastrophic consequences for the Iraqi people, especially in the summer, as it will collapse in his country’s state-owned electricity system.
The Iraqi Parliament’s Economic Commission’s Economic Commission’s Information Office announced that “ Attan al-Atwani ” Style = “Text-align: Justify”> Rubening “The US Embassy and his accompanying delegation met. al-Atwani emphasized the need for permanent relationship to correct the process of relations between the two countries, referring to the importance of the meeting in the current critical condition.
The meeting discussed ways to strengthen joint cooperation between Iraq and the US in the management and development of the financial and banking sector, as well as discussing US sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its impact on the Iraqi electricity sector, especially given the expiration of Iraq’s exemption from Iranian gas imports.
al-Atwani communicated an important message to the US official in Iraq, which emphasized: Stopping Iranian gas imports will be a catastrophic consequence for Iraqi people, especially in the summer. Became.
The Iraqi parliament has invested in self-sufficiency in electricity production to achieve energy independence, but these projects will be exploited in the coming years.
The Iraqi Parliament’s Economic Commissioner also called on the US government to revise the US government’s policy of pressure on the financial and banking sector by imposing continuous sanctions against Iraqi banks.
al-Atwani noted: Iraq has achieved a qualitative change in financial transfers policy, and while Iraqi banks, even Iraqi central bank We have created a big problem and affected the work and activity of the banking sector.
The US official also understood what al-Atwani has made the meeting on energy and banking sanctions, and promised to find these messages in hopes of finding a solution. Style = “Text-align: Justifies”> Permanent ‘s permanently served the interests of the two nations, pointing out that sanctions have not yet included natural gas imports.
The US ambassador, on the other hand, expressed his empathy on the issues raised by al-Atwani , especially about energy cases and banking sanctions, promising to convey these messages to its government. He expressed hope that there would be permanent solutions and measures for these issues, so that the interests of both nations would be secured.
Daniel Span> also emphasized that natural gas imports were so far outside of the “sanctions framework”.
Iran gas and electricity export process to Iraq
Under the March 1 agreement, Iran pledged to export 2 million cubic meters of gas daily to Iraq; A contract worth about $ 6 billion a year. In addition, Iraq had signed a five -year contract to buy 2 megawatts of electricity from Iran in July.
Iranian gas-related Iraq in the short term
Iraq has tried to reduce its dependence on Iranian gas in recent years. Hence, it started several projects to supply energy from other sources. On October 1, Iraq signed an agreement on imports of 5 million cubic meters of gas from Turkmenistan. Therefore, Turkmenistan can be one of Iran’s alternatives.
Other theme, buy El . An . Ji of diameter. Iraq is building a storage terminal El . An . J is at the Port Faw which is likely to be the main supplier. Another issue is the Qatar-Turkish gas pipeline that stopped in year 2, but after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, it was once again at the center of attention.
Qatar’s gas pipeline passes through Saudi Arabia and Syria and arrives in Turkey to move to Europe from there. The pipeline also crosses near the Iraqi border, and is said to provide gas for power plants and industries.
Also connecting Iraq to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s electricity grid can reduce Iraq’s dependence on Iran. The project includes a power line from Kuwait to Basra, which can provide the electricity needed by Iraq.
On the other hand, the $ 2 billion contract with Total Energy Company has been signed for the development of gas fields. Iraq and France’s Total Energy Company signed a $ 2 billion contract with four oil, gas and energy projects renewable
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It should be noted that these solutions require large-scale and investment. In the short term, Iraq is still dependent on Iranian gas and it is difficult to find an immediate alternative.
In this regard, three Iraqi energy officials told Reuters on Sunday that Iraq had no immediate alternative to compensating for imported energy from Iran, causing a significant problem in providing sufficient electricity to provide domestic consumption, especially in summer.
“The government has begun to take urgent measures to reduce the impact of the United States decision on Iraqi electricity,” said a senior Iraqi electricity official, a senior Iraqi Ministry of Electricity official.
