Iraqi-Saudi MOU
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced on Saturday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to enhance the efficiency of power plants.
“Under the presence of the Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadhil, and the Saudi Deputy Minister of Investment, Ibrahim bin Yousef Al-Mubarak, the Ministry of Electricity signed an MOU with the Saudi company Continuous Nitrogen Services (CNS) on the sidelines of the Iraq Investment Conference currently being held in Baghdad,” said the Ministry in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency – INA.
The statement added that “the MOU was signed on behalf of the Ministry of Electricity by the Undersecretary for Production Affairs, Mohammed Naimah Abdul Hussein, and on behalf of the Saudi side by Mahmoud Majid, the company’s branch manager in Iraq.”
The MOU stipulated “cooperation in technical and operational fields, including the treatment of oil waste at the Khayrat power plant in Karbala to improve environmental performance and operational efficiency, the reuse of industrial water at the Hilla II power plant, and the development of advanced water treatment solutions for power plants across the country. It also stipulated the cleaning of pipes at the Musayyab gas power plant using modern nitrogen gas technologies to increase operational readiness and reduce breakdowns.”
“This step comes within the framework of the Ministry of Electricity’s efforts to enhance the efficiency of the power system in Iraq by concluding an MOU with specialized companies that contribute to improving the performance of existing power plants and increasing their production capacity,” highlighted the Ministry.
