Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Mr. Hayan Abdul-Ghani Al-Sawad, stressed the ministry's keenness to achieve self-sufficiency in gas production, through the projects it is implementing in investing the gas associated with oil production operations, in addition to developing gas fields and exploration patches, noting that the increase in production meets the need for power generation stations for fuel, in addition to reducing thermal emissions, and feeding transformation industries such as the petrochemical and fertilizer industries with gas. This came during the handover ceremony of the Al-Sabbah oil field project, today, Wednesday, which was attended and sponsored by the Minister between the Oil Projects Company and Dhi Qar Oil.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil said: "It is a new achievement added to the achievements made by the Ministry through the work of the national effort in the Oil Projects Company and Dhi Qar Oil Company," noting that "the Sabbah field project will be operated as a first phase with partial capacity, and the focus will be on investing in oil until the design capacity reaches (70) thousand barrels per day," adding "the Ministry has indicators to reach the capacity of 100 thousand barrels through drilling additional wells and re-evaluating the reservoirs."
The Minister stressed that the Ministry confirms its endeavor, within its near future plans, to develop the gas system in the field as the highest goal of the Ministry.
The Deputy Director General of the Oil Projects Company "the implementing agency", Mr. Mohammed Jassim, said, "The project was implemented through national effort and based on the directives of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, this national achievement was achieved through the continuous work of the company's staff," referring to the joint cooperation with Dhi Qar Oil Company to complete the project.
The Deputy Director General of Dhi Qar Oil Company, Mr. Saeed Zaghir Shalaka, said: "The project is one of the promising and important projects that support the national economy and will increase the company's production capacities," noting that the current production of the field is (8-10) thousand barrels per day, and the company will work to develop production operations to reach the design capacities of the field.
It is noteworthy that the Oil Projects Company, through its engineering and technical staff in the Baghdad Projects Authority, the Design Authority and supporting bodies, carried out rehabilitation and development operations for the electronic control systems on the project after completing the installation and inauguration of the isolation stations in the central and northern Al-Sabba field and the pipelines transporting crude oil to the (PS1) station, in addition to extending flow pipes and preparing wells. The field consists of a number of facilities that include gas compressors, export tanks, fire tanks, in addition to service buildings and industrial buildings.