TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Shana) � Iran will increase its export of gas to Iraq from current 25 mcm/d to 35 mcm/d based on a supplement agreement which is scheduled to be signed on Wednesday, said an official in the Iranian National Oil Company (NIOC).

�Iranian deputy petroleum minster and Iraqi deputy minister of electricity are going to sign the supplement with its duration extended to six years,� NIOC international affairs director, Azizollah Ramezani, told Shana.

�Iran�s gas will feed Iraqi power plants and the contract will benefit both countries,� he added.

Iraq is facing serious load-shedding and Iranian companies are operating 33 megaprojects, worth $1.5 billion, in Iraq for the time being.

By SHANA