Ihsan Abdul Jabbar added in a TV interview with Skynews Arabia that he is working on a programme to raise the country’s oil production capacity to 8 million barrels, calling it a balanced capacity.
Abdul Jabbar also said that Iraq aims for its gas production to reach 4 billion cubic feet before 2025.
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(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Catherine Evans)
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