New gas field discovery in Iraq
The Iraqi press reported that a huge gas field was uncovered in the western Ukas region of the country near the Syrian border with an estimated 60 billion cubic meters of reserves. The Iraqi Ministry of oil stated that it is possible that this area contains other large quantities of gas reserves. Total Iraqi gas reserves are estimated at 5,000 billion cubic meters, of which 3,100 billion cubic meters have already been claimed. — (menareport.com)
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