Iraq’s North Oil Company sets 2027 gas-flaring goal
Iraq’s North Oil Company plans to stop flaring associated gas by end-2027, while Kirkuk projects could add 80 mmscfd for demand and power plants.
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Newsmetry API reports that Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) wants to end associated-gas flaring across its oilfields by the close of 2027. Izzat Saber, the deputy oil minister responsible for gas affairs, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) last week that projects at the Kirkuk fields are expected to bring roughly 80 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of extra associated gas into capture by the end of 2026. The gas is intended for domestic use and electricity-generating plants.
The ministry is also tracking repairs to North Gas Company’s 1,000-millimetre pipeline. Local technical crews are handling the work, which should be finished soon. North Oil Company Director General Faisal Hammadi said the firm’s fields and wells can support associated-gas utilisation projects and that work is continuing toward the 2027 objective.
Shafaq News reported last week that the incremental supply will originate at Bai Hassan, North Jambur and Khabbaz. Iraq’s nationwide deadline for ending routine gas flaring remains 2029.
why it matters
The plan could make more gas available for Iraqi consumption and power generation while advancing the country’s broader effort to reduce routine flaring.
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- Iraq's North Oil Company targets zero gas flaring by end-2027 — Newsmetry API, 13 October 2026 at 04:38 UTC
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