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What's going on with Iraq's natural gas deal?

REUTERS/Mohammed Aty/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Iraqi and U.S. companies signed a series of agreements on Wednesday to capture natural gas traditionally flared from Iraq's oilfields and use it to produce domestic power while reducing dependence on neighboring Iran for energy.

Is foreign help enough to fix Iraq's energy problems?

Foreign help is not enough to fix energy issues, domestic reform is necessary. This past July, Iraq and France’s TotalEnergies finalized the Gas Growth Integrated Project, a $27 billion energy deal aimed at Iraq’s natural resources and improving the country’s electricity supply.

Does Iraq have a good energy system?

Today, the majority of Iraq’s population has grown up in a system that has promised to deliver on energy improvements, but changes in the standard of living have rarely materialized.

Does Iraq have a power outage?

Power outages are part of daily life in Iraq, but older generations can vividly recall a bygone era under the previous regime when electricity was stable and consistent. Before the 1980s, Iraq boasted one of the most developed energy sectors in the region.

Does Iraq have a reliable electricity grid?

Now, two decades after the 2003 US invasion, Iraq has failed to see improvements in the electricity infrastructure. Although the disparity between supply and demand is widening due to population increase and rising temperatures, corruption remains the largest obstacle to a reliable electricity grid.

Does Iraq have natural gas?

Iraq’s proven gas reserves are the twelfth-largest in the world, but the country lacks the means to efficiently capture natural gas and leverage the resource into electricity. The country flares huge quantities of methane gas associated with oil and gas extraction.