Iraqi-Saudi Committee discusses electrical linking and development gas fields

Baghdad-INA   
  The Iraqi-Saudi Committee for Energy and Manufacturing Industries discussed the electrical connection and development of gas fields during its meeting in Riyadh.
And the media office of the Ministry of Oil, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, stressing the importance of cooperation and economic integration with the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, especially in the oil sector, energy and manufacturing industries.
The minister added, according to the statement, that "the bilateral relations are witnessing a great development in all fields, and we have seen the keenness of the brothers in the desire to speed up the implementation of the axes that are agreed upon in the energy and industry sectors within the program of the Iraqi-Saudi Committee," noting that "one of the most prominent axes that were addressed on the committee’s agenda, the possibility of participating and investing in the development a number of fields with gaseous hydrocarbon compositions, and contributing in  Nebras Petrochemical Industries Project, the Gulf Electricity Interconnection Project, and the study of the establishment of industrial cities, and others, was discussed. The meeting came out with recommendations emphasizing the acceleration of the implementation of these projects.
Meanwhile, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman affirmed the Kingdom's keenness to "strengthen the prospects for bilateral cooperation between the two brotherly countries, and to serve common interests," noting "the desire of Saudi national companies to contribute in implementation of a number of investment projects supporting the energy sector and manufacturing industries in Iraq." 
 
For his part, the undersecretary Minister of Electricity, Adel Karim, stressed the importance of the Iraqi-Gulf electrical connection, and the ministry’s readiness to provide all technical capabilities to implement this project, which contributes to covering an important part of Iraq’s needs during the next few period."