{"id":253089,"date":"2026-08-17T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253089\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:24:34","slug":"halfaya-processes-190m-cubic-feet-of-gas-for-iraqs-grid-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253089\/","title":{"rendered":"Halfaya processes 190M cubic feet of gas for Iraq\u2019s grid &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-17T17:15:10+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Maysan<\/p>\n<p>The Halfaya oilfield, one of<br \/>\nsouthern Iraq\u2019s largest, is processing about 190 million standard cubic feet of<br \/>\nassociated gas per day to supply power plants in Maysan province and support<br \/>\nthe national grid, Deputy Oil Minister for Extraction Affairs Naseer Aziz<br \/>\nannounced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Aziz said the gas<br \/>\nprocessing project reached the current level in early 2026, against a design<br \/>\ncapacity of 300 million standard cubic feet per day. The output supplies the<br \/>\nstate-run Al-Amarah power plant as well as the Maysan Investment and Al-Kahlaa<br \/>\nplants, while the field produces about 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day.<\/p>\n<p>The official reaffirmed the<br \/>\nministry\u2019s support for associated gas projects as part of efforts to reduce<br \/>\nflaring and strengthen energy security, with the country aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iraq-targets-end-to-gas-flaring-by-2029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">end<\/a> the<br \/>\npractice nationwide by 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iraq-ranks-among-world-s-top-countries-for-proven-natural-gas-reserves-in-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">holds<\/a> about 125 trillion cubic<br \/>\nfeet of proven natural gas reserves, ranking 11th globally in 2025, according<br \/>\nto the Energy Institute\u2019s Statistical Review of World Energy.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2026, Iraq <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iraq-tops-Arab-oil-gas-agreements-in-July\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed<\/a> the Arab<br \/>\nworld\u2019s largest oil and gas deals, topping regional energy investment with<br \/>\nprojects focused on boosting production and expanding infrastructure,<br \/>\nWashington-based energy research platform ATTAQA reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-17T17:15:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Maysan The Halfaya oilfield, one of southern Iraq\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[897,46484,70006,94,20935],"class_list":["post-253089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-gas","tag-halfaya","tag-halfaya-processes-190m-cubic-feet-of-gas-for-iraqs-grid","tag-iraq","tag-maysan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117112017201371629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253089","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=253089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}