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Iraqi army recaptures key natural gas field from Daesh
[PRESSTV] Iraqi government forces have managed to liberate a major natural gas field from ISIS Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...bully boyz in the country’s embattled western province of Anbar as they are battling to drive the forces of Evil out of their last remaining strongholds in the crisis-hit Arab country. Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi told news hounds in the capital Baghdad on Thursday that army troops had captured the Akkas gas field, which produces natural gas and condensate. The total proven reserves of the field are estimated to be around 5.6 trillion cubic feet, and production reportedly stands at around 400 million cubic feet per day. The field is operated by Korea Gas Company (KOGAS) and is located in western Anbar province near the Syrian border. Development of Iraq's Akkas gas field stopped ISIS bully boyz seized swathes of land in Anbar in May 2014. KOGAS halted development operations following multiple attacks by bully boyz against the company's sites in the field. Iraqi oil ministry officials have said that they have plans to send a crew to Akkas gas field to assess damages to its energy production facilities. "We will make a field visit to write a report about the damages and what we need to bring back the field online as soon as possible," said Mohammed Ibrahim, an engineer who is a member of an oil ministry team supervising Akkas. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-03 |
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