Urgent austerity plan aims to cut $1.4 billion from oil field budgets nationwide in 2026 without affecting production — a warning sign of fiscal trouble for Iraq.
Q&A: Ali Salman Majeed, director general of the South Gas Company
Southern Iraq's top gas official gives status updates on the recently expanded Basra Gas Company and other associated gas capture projects at Ratawi, Bin Omar, and Nassiriya.
Ali Salman Majeed, director general of the South Gas Company, at his office in Khor al-Zubair in February 2026. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)