India looks to liquefy gas Iraq flares and import

Indian government is in talks with Iraq to check the possibility of setting up a plant in Iraq to liquefy the excess petroleum gas that the Arabian country flares as waste product and import it into India, a senior government official said.

“Gas flaring in Iraq is huge. It’s almost as much gas we import each year. We can certainly look at having some liquefaction facility there. The challenges are not in terms of intent, but more related to visas and sending big teams to study and develop a plan on the ground,” the official said