Shafaq News / Iraq produced 2,879 MMCF per day of associated gas last September. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced today, Saturday.

"The production of combustible oil reached 1507 MMCF per day.”

The Ministry published on its official website,

North and Central Oil Company production: 348 MMCF of associated gas and 115 MMCF per day of combustible gas.

Basra, Dhi Qar and Maysan oil production: 2531 MMCF/day of the associated gas and 1392 MMCF per day of combustible gas."

It indicated that "Iraq's dry gas production reached 1317 MMCF daily, while the production of liquid gas reached 5,571 tons per day."

Initial estimates of the Ministry released that Iraq possesses about 124 trillion cubic feet of gas as a reserve; 70% is associated gas.

Iraq also ranked eleventh among the countries in the world rich in natural gas after Russia, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, America, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Algeria.