World's Energy

20 May, 2009 – Upstream OnLine – Iraq is in talks to possibly export surplus natural gas through the Arab Gas Pipeline to the Middle East and Europe, Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said today. "We are in talks to connect the Iraqi (gas) surplus to this pipeline in order to export it to Arab states and then to Europe," Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said, referring to a gas pipeline originating in Egypt. Shahristani spoke during a press conference with Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy, who was making a visit to Baghdad.