The Minister of Electricity signs a five-year contract to supply gas with an Iranian company

Baghdad-INA  
The Ministry of Electricity announced today, Wednesday, the signing of a contract with an Iranian company to supply gas for a period of five years.
 
The ministry said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "Minister of Electricity Ziad Ali Fadhil signed a gas supply contract with the National Iranian Gas Company for a period of five years, with pumping rates of up to 50 million cubic meters per day."
 
 According to the statement "This quantity will vary according to the system's need," noting that "this aims to maintain the momentum of the production stations, and keep pace with peak loads and the increasing demand for electrical energy, until the national gas fields are fully rehabilitated and the electricity need is met."