NAJAF \u2014 Najaf Governor Youssef Kanawi announced the creation of a new department to connect local job seekers with oil companies operating in the governorate, as he revealed expectations that oil production from one field could begin next year at up to 3,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the sidelines of a discussion session at the Political Awareness Club on Saturday, Kanawi told 964media that the new \u201cJob Opportunity\u201d department would serve as \u201cthe only official link between oil companies and the people of the governorate,\u201d supplying engineers, technicians, laborers and translators based on company needs.<\/p>\n
Kanawi said production from a field near the Saudi border is expected to begin next year, with plans to invest associated gas to support the electricity sector. \u201cThe Oil Exploration Company conducted the necessary tests, and the Chinese company has drilled two wells so far. Most likely, production will begin next year,\u201d he said. Deeper drilling could also reveal gas deposits with \u201can important impact,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Joining the oil map carries political as well as economic significance for Najaf. \u201cJust as Basra demands larger budgets and more services as an oil governorate, Najaf will enter this system, and that will be a historic achievement for the governorate,\u201d Kanawi said, noting that oil revenues would give Najaf greater leverage in demanding rights from the central government. Additional revenues generated through the petrodollar law are expected to be directed toward infrastructure and service projects.<\/p>\n
Najaf, one of Shiite Islam\u2019s holiest cities and home to the shrine of Imam Ali, has traditionally relied on religious tourism and services as the backbone of its economy. Iraq\u2019s Oil Ministry has expanded exploration in the governorate\u2019s desert areas near the Saudi border in recent years, signing a seismic survey agreement with a Chinese company in 2025 for exploratory work in the Al-Qurnain block.<\/p>\n
On a recent gas supply disruption, Kanawi said the issue \u201cwas not a crisis, but rather a large increase in demand,\u201d adding that a new storage tank had been built and a strategic reserve capable of meeting peak demand would be in place within six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NAJAF \u2014 Najaf Governor Youssef Kanawi announced the creation of a new department to connect local job seekers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[592,94,43409,7099,16332,213,5914,608,596,3892,878],"class_list":["post-129001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-and","tag-iraq","tag-kanawi","tag-najaf","tag-next","tag-oil","tag-production","tag-that","tag-the","tag-with","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116630311542070825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}