LONDON: The UN has warned that people living near oil fields, where gas is openly burned, face heightened risks of leukaemia, and that it has classified such areas as “modern sacrifice zones.” Singling out sites in Iraq for gas flaring a process of burning gas released by oil drilling that produces cancer-linked pollutants including CO2, methane and black soot the UN said
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Rector of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) Elmar Gasimov has met with a delegation led by Minister of Oil of the Republic of Iraq Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail. The guests first visited the BHOS campus. Elmar Gasimov
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AP Interview: Iraq oil minister says gas sector a priority
By SAMYA KULLAB June 12, 2021 GMT
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraq’s oil sector is rebounding after a catastrophic year triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, with key investment projects on the horizon, Iraq’s oil minister said Friday. But he also warned that an enduring bureaucratic culture of fear threatens to stand in the way.
Iraq is currently trading oil at $68 per barrel, close to the approximately $76 needed for the state to operate without reliance on the central bank to meet government expenditures.
Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail took over the unenviable job of supervising Iraq’s most vital industry at the height of an oil price crash that slashed oil revenues by more than half last year. Since then, he has had to balance domestic demands for more revenue to fund state coffers and pressure from OPEC to keep exports low to stabilize the global oil market.