The Ministry said in a statement that "the production of
associated gas by the oil companies throughout Iraq for the month of February amounted to 3013 cubic meters a day, while the burned was 1552 cubic meters per day."
"Every day about 1 million cubic meters of
associated gas is collected and provided to the population," said Huseynova, stressing that this is a significant achievement.
The compressor is a part of a power station on the basis of Capstone C200 micro turbine and is designed for conditioning of
associated gas at the inlet to power plant.
Socar has the right to the
associated gas made available from in AIOC's ACG.
The microturbines have very low emissions and help the facility meet their greenhouse gas objectives by utilising the wasted
associated gas and converting it to electricity.
Dr Shaikh Mohammed said
associated gas is a form of natural gas which is found with deposits of petroleum, either dissolved in the oil or as a free "gas cap" above the oil in the reservoir.
He noted that the most common uses of the sweet
associated gas are consumption and injection to oil inventories.
Saudi Aramco has invited contractors to bid for offshore work at its non-
associated gas fields feeding Wasit, the biggest gas plant built in the Kingdom, industry sources said.
Last year, Aramco's non-associated gas output exceeded for the first time
associated gas output, its 2009 annual review said.