Iranian gas exports to Iraq may start in May or June

Iran has stretched a pipeline to the city of Naftshahr, which is on the border with Iraq, but gas deliveries to Iraq will start in May or June, the managing-director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Hamid Reza Araqi, said.

Iran will supply Iraq with 7 million cubic meters of gas per day in 9 months, and after that period the volume will increase gradually and reach 25 mcm/d in two years, he told the Fars news agency.

Recall, Iran and Iraq have signed a contract for the supply of Iranian gas in November 2015.