BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Natural gas output from theBasrah Gas Company, the main producer of the fuel in southernIraq, rose to 765 million cubic feet per day, the Iraqi OilMinistry said on Saturday.
Basrah Gas output stood at about 700 million cubic feet/dayon Jan. 12.
Basrah Gas is a joint venture between Iraq state-run SouthGas Co., Shell and Mitsubishi. The company captures andprocesses the gas associated with oil produced from fields insouthern Iraq. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Toby Chopra)