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Iraq is the second-largest crude oil producer in the OPEC after Saudi Arabia.

Iraq hired Japan’s Toyo Engineering to help build the project.

Acute shortage of natural gas. furnace oil led to closure of several power plants. officials say.

Qatar has had to compensate for its loss of port facilities. primarily in the UAE by diverting to Salalah in Oman and Singapore.

Azerbaijan has put forward an initiative to implement the project of the Southern Gas Corridor.

Iran'.s gas supply to Armenia is seasonal and Turkey is the only country that purchases Iranian gas throughout the year under a long-term contract.

In the middle of last month. Iraqi government forces seized oil fields around Kirkuk. which had been under Kurdish control since 2014.

The surge in demand is luring spot cargoes from places such as Norway and Nigeria that are not traditional LNG sources for China.

Japan. far from losing its LNG leadership. is positioning itself to supply cargoes to new markets around the world.

Iraq is furious at Shell and prospects don’t look that great for the Basra gas company.