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Hydrocarbon potential, reservoir development estimated for western Iraq's Akkas gas field

10/03/2011
Muhammed Mazeel RWE Dea AG Hamburg Akkas is in northwestern Iraq near the border with Syria. It is 52 km from the T1 pump station and 285 km from the K3 pump station. The distance between this field and Baji town, where the entire Iraqi gas grid passes, is around 300 km. The nearest industrial complex to the field is the Al-Qaim Industrial Complex that consists of a fertilizer plant and cement plant and is less than 40 km away. The first exploration well in Akkas region took place in August 1992. The drilling program target was to reach a depth of 5,000 m, but this did not succeed due to technical difficulties. The drilling reached a depth of 4,238 m, and the well test confirmed the pres...
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