Gas

Basra. Iraq'.s second largest city. needs Iranian gas to feed its power plant.

Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that would link Russia and Germany while bypassing other transit countries is being built under the Baltic Sea.

Russia has been implementing the Nord Stream 2 project. which intends to double the existing capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany.

Construction works were completed in both phases of Shahdeniz platform in 2017.

TANAP and TAP are of great importance to Europe as these projects are alternative sources of gas.

Italy’s gas imports have tipped away from Algeria towards Russia in recent years as Algerian production has stagnated.

Approximately 60 percent of Kuwaiti consumption of natural gas is used for the refining and petrochemical sector.

Close to 203 billion cubic meters of gas were burnt in the country in 2017.

Qatar is the world’s lowest cost major producer of LNG.

In February last year. Tehran and Muscat signed a preliminary agreement on the pipeline project that is estimated to cost $1.2 billion.