Iran gas pipeline crosses into Basra
New pipeline will feed Basra power plants with Iranian gas – another sign of growing energy cooperation between the neighboring countries.
Workers for Iranian firm Tadbeer laying pipeline in Basra's Abu al-Khassib, on April 12, 2016. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
ABU AL-KHASSIB, IRAQ - Iraqi and Iranian officials began laying a natural gas pipeline across the Shatt al-Arab waterway dividing the two countries – a concrete step toward implementing a plan to fuel Basra power plants with Iranian gas.
The project aims to increase power generation in Basra in time for hot summer months, when air conditioner use causes demand to spike. Electricity shortages have typically prompted overheated residents to protest – a prospect that is especially fraught as Iraq faces escalating political dysfunction in Baghdad.
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