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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Natural Gas Country Notes

Gas resources are not particularly large, by Middle East standards: proved reserves (as reported by OAPEC) account for less than 5% of the regional total. Most other published sources quote the same figure, the one exception being World Oil, with proved reserves given as 2 379 bcm.

According to data reported by Cedigaz, 70% of Iraq's proved reserves consist of associated gas, whilst cap gas and non-associated gas account for 15% each. A high proportion of gas output is thus associated with oil production: some of the associated gas is flared.

Between 1986 and 1990 Iraq exported gas to Kuwait. Currently all gas usage is internal, as fuel for electricity generation, as a feedstock and fuel for the production of fertilisers and petrochemicals, and as a fuel in oil and gas industry operations.