The Future Prospects of Oil and Gas in Iraq, and the new Environmental Considerations

Faculty: Engineering
Department: Petroleum and Mining

Type of the workshop: National workshop

The workshop in brief:
Session 1: Iraq, the oil-rich region, was one of the pioneer countries in production of Oil and Gas in the MENA area. With the reserve of 153 billion barrel of oil, Iraq would be ranked number four in oil production, and with 130 trillion CF of NG, would be ranked number 11 in gas production in the world.

Session 2: For the last 20 years, the IFG plans focused on investment on oil rather than NG. The new challenges ahead are activating plans for NG, parallel with investment in renewables, Solar in particular. The environment, Global Warming, and commitments of reducing emission have to be considered in all energy-related government plans and initiatives.

Participants: More than 50 Participants

Date and time: 14th. February.2023 / 2:30 PM
Place: Conference Hall 302, Education Building – | Tishk International University – Erbil

Session topics: 
Two Session, their details are given in section 5

Presenters names and affiliations:
Prof. Dr. Govand Hussain Sherwani Retired Petroleum Geologist, formerly Dean of Science College / Salahaddin University. Now he is expert in production and marketing of oil and gas.

Outcome of the workshop:
– The Participants were exposed to the recent reserve potential of oil and gas in Kurdistan Region and in Iraq.
– The Participants were introduced to the future expectation of the potential reserves in both Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
– The Participants were introduced to the recent production rates in Kurdistan Region and in Iraq.
– The Participants got information about the problems which are related to oil and gas production in KR and Iraq.
– The participants got information about the environmental effects which are connected with the oil and gas production in KRG and Iraq and the solutions to such problems.