Cabinet approves Akkas product pipelines
<p>Iraq's Cabinet has approved a $449 million contract for natural gas product pipelines from the Akkas gas field, operated by Kogas, to two power plants and an export tie-in in Anbar province.</p>Iraq's Cabinet has approved a $449 million contract for natural gas product pipelines from the Akkas gas field, operated by Kogas, to two power plants and an export tie-in in Anbar province.
The dry gas field, with 5.6 trillion cubic feet of reserves, was awarded in the Oil Ministry's third bidding round, in October 2010. Kogas was initially planning to process its early gas production in Syria, but the plan was opposed by Anbaris and ultimately scuttled due in large part to the conflict in Syria, just over the border from Akkas.
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