Iran postpones transportation of natural gas to Iraq

Follow-up (IraqiNews.com) Iran assured that its transportation of natural gas to Iraq will start on March 2015 with 5 million cubic meters per day.

The Iranian transportation of gas to Iraq were scheduled next September 2014 according to announcement of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum last April.

The Iranian Deputy Minister of Petroleum, Ali Majidi, said in a press statement “Iran will start exporting gas to Iraq on March 20th 2015 after completing the pipelines project.”

Majidi justified the delay in exporting Iranian gas to Iraq by “Not completing the project of extending pipelines to transport gas into Iraq.”

It is worth to mention that the length of the pipelines of transporting gas from Iran to Iraq is about 100 km which will start from the Iranian Jarmillah city to end in Naft Shaher border city with Iraq.