Iraq PM inaugurates gas projects that aid plan to stop flaring

7/24/2025

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated two natural gas projects in Basra that will support Iraq's targets to eliminate gas flaring and achieve gas self-sufficiency by 2027, Iraq's oil minister said in an Instagram post on Thursday.

A dry gas unit at the Basra Gas Liquefaction Plant will add 170 MMft³d of gas and 1,000 metric tpd of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the post said. The second project, the Faihaa Central Gas Processing Facility, is designed to process MMft³d, it said.

As gas capture improves, condensate production is expected to reach 200,000 bpd soon, enabling higher export volumes and domestic blending, an Iraqi ministry source said.