Baghdad – INA – Amna Al-Salami
Today, Saturday, the Ministry of Electricity announced control of the national system despite the scarcity of supplied gas, while indicating the completion of all requirements regarding the import of Turkmen gas, confirming the holding of meetings with the Iranian side, which will transport the gas through its pipelines.
Ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa told the (INA): “The national system suffers from a scarcity of supplied gas, as the system needs 50 million cubic meters, but the current payment to Iraq is 10 million cubic meters,” indicating that “ This led to the system losing 4,000 megawatts, which affected processing hours.”
He added, “The Ministry is keen to ensure that there is no crisis in the hours of electricity supply,” pointing out, “There is a decline in supply compared to the previous days due to the scarcity of gas, as it was stopped in the central region and Baghdad and reduced in the southern region.”
He stressed, “The reason for the gas scarcity is due to maintenance work on the pipelines transporting gas inside the Islamic Republic of Iran, which continues until the first week of February and the required quantities are pumped again,” pointing out that “the gas scarcity has limited the loads of some of our stations.”
He pointed out, “There is control over the national system despite the scarcity of supplied gas.”
Regarding Turkmenistan gas, Moussa stressed that “all the requirements and matters that were agreed upon have been accomplished,” pointing out that “the issue needs to be discussed with the Iranian side because Turkmenistan gas will be supplied through Iranian pipelines to Iraq, and this calls for a number of meetings and negotiations with the Iranian side.” To reach an agreement.
He stated, “Negotiations and meetings with the Iranian side are ongoing.”