Iraq to receive $360 mil World Bank loan to help expand gas flaring reduction from south

Iraq ‘s Basrah Gas Co. will receive $360 million from the World’s Bank’s private sector financing arm to help the world’s second worst gas flaring nation in 2020 to reduce gas flaring from its southern oil fields. The International Finance Corp. and BGC signed the 5-year loan agreement in order to boost the latter’s current capacity to treat and process associated gas by 40%, or 400 MMcf/d.