{"id":417551,"date":"2026-09-22T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=417551"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:51:21","slug":"iraq-expands-gas-supply-for-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/iraq-expands-gas-supply-for-power-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq expands gas supply for power generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2014 Iraq inaugurated a gas processing unit on Tuesday (22) that will produce 30 million standard cubic feet per day to support electricity generation at the Bismayah thermal power plant, located southeast of Baghdad. The news was published by Iraqi news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/ina.iq\/en\/economy\/52210-oil-minister-opens-gas-processing-unit-at-east-baghdad-field-to-add-30-mmscfd-for-bismayah-power-plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INA<\/a>. The completion, inauguration and operation of the unit, at the East Baghdad Field\/South Area, were announced by Iraq\u2019s Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izzat Saber Ismail, the country\u2019s deputy oil minister for gas affairs, explained that the gas produced undergoes separation and processing in accordance with approved technical specifications before being transported through the pipeline network to supply the Bismayah thermal power plant, helping strengthen domestic gas supplies and support electricity generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The East Baghdad Field\/South Area is operated by Iraq\u2019s state-owned Midland Oil Company, which recently announced efforts to increase oil production amid the regional situation and challenges to exports. The field is being developed by Midland in cooperation with China\u2019s EBS as part of a plan to increase oil and gas production and optimize the use of hydrocarbon resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read also<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/iraqs-displaced-people-to-receive-support\/\">Iraq\u2019s displaced people to receive support<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-417546\">INA<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country inaugurates gas processing unit for use at the Bismayah thermal power plant. The facility will produce 30 million cubic feet per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":417546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[58122,4614,34179,2099,591,27310,58121],"class_list":{"0":"post-417551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ebs","9":"tag-electricity","10":"tag-energia-en","11":"tag-energy","12":"tag-iraq","13":"tag-iraque-en","14":"tag-midland"},"wps_subtitle":"Country inaugurates gas processing unit for use at the Bismayah thermal power plant. The facility will produce 30 million cubic feet per day.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417554,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417551\/revisions\/417554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}