Oil Ministry to represent Iraq at Gastech 2026
Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq will participate in the Gastech 2026 exhibition in Bangkok next month, with Deputy Oil Minister for Gas Affairs Ezat Saber Esmaeel attending at the invitation of US energy technology company Baker Hughes, a source from the ministry told Shafaq News on Sunday.
The source said the event, “the world’s largest exhibition for natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG)”, is expected to draw more than 50,000 energy industry participants and over 1,000 exhibiting companies from 150 countries.
The ministry views such events as an opportunity to adopt the latest gas production technologies, reduce emissions, advance digital transformation in the energy sector, and keep pace with changes in the global gas market, according to the source.
Iraq remains one of the world’s largest gas-flaring countries. A World Bank report released in June 2026 ranked Iraq alongside Russia and Iran among the biggest contributors to global gas flaring in 2025. The data showed that the three countries collectively flared about 84 billion cubic meters of gas, accounting for nearly half of the global total.
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