Zamaninia made the remarks following a meeting between Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh and visiting Deputy Minister for Gas Refineries at the Ministry of Oil Fayaz Hassan here on Tuesday during which expansion of bilateral relations were discussed.
Speaking on the meeting's highlights, Zamaninia said Iraqis have said they do not have serious problems to materialize the issues they have reached an agreement with Iran.
The official said discussions about launching a two-way oil and products pipeline from Iran's city of Abadan to Iraq's city of Basra were held during the meeting as well.
Upgrading and renovating Iraqi refineries by Iranian private companies, and Iran-Iraq cooperation in international oil markets were also discussed during the meeting, he added.
Gas exports to Baghdad will start with a daily volume of 4 mcm which could increase to 35 mcm/d, he said.
Gas delivery to Basra would come from Iran Gas Trunkline VI (IGAT 6) which transfers gas from the giant offshore South Pars gas field in southern Iran to the border province of Khuzestan.
Iraq is facing serious load-shedding and Iranian companies are operating 33 mega-projects, worth $1.5 billion, in Iraq for the time being.
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