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Iraq targets eliminating gas flaring within four years: state news agency

Iraq targets eliminating gas flaring within four years: state news agency

Iraq's oil minister, Hayan Abdul-Ghani. (Credit: AFP)

DUBAI  Iraq aims to eliminate gas flaring within four years, state news agency INA reported on Monday, citing the country's oil minister, Hayan Abdel-Ghani.

Iraq continues to flare some of the gas extracted alongside crude oil because it lacks the facilities to process it into fuel for local consumption or exports.

DUBAI — Iraq aims to eliminate gas flaring within four years, state news agency INA reported on Monday, citing the country's oil minister, Hayan Abdel-Ghani.Iraq continues to flare some of the gas extracted alongside crude oil because it lacks the facilities to process it into fuel for local consumption or exports....