Iran-Iraq Energy Ties to Expand

Iran is ready to export technical and engineering services to Iraq and help the neighboring country develop its oil and gas industry, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company said.
Mohsen Khojastehmehr made the announcement on Wednesday at the meeting of the Joint Working Group on Iran-Iraq Oil Cooperation, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
“It is time for Iran and Iraq to take practical steps to cooperate in the fields of oil and gas, as well as in the scientific, technological and educational sectors to increase economic relations between the two countries,” he added.
Referring to the oil and gas potentials of the two countries, Khojastehmehr said Iran and Iraq are influential countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that must work diligently to ensure energy security in the region.