IRAQ-KUWAIT

Iraq Starts Gas Exports to Kuwait 

On 4 September Iraq began exporting associated gas to Kuwait via the newly-built 40-inch pipeline from the Rumaila oilfields, according to Iraq's Oil Minister, Mr. Qasim Ahmad Taqi. The first phase of the project has a capacity of 200mn cu. ft./day, which will be increased to 400mn. cu. ft./day (MEES, 3 March) by the end of the year. Kuwait will utilize the new gas supplies to supplement its own output of associated gas for industrial...