Qatari gas to lower reliance on Iranian energy: minister Iraq’s power outages due to lower Iranian supply Iraq’s power link with Saudi to take 2-3 years to complete Iraq may be able to import Qatari gas in 15 months, depending on the pace of negotiations and finalization of infrastructure needed to receive the commodity, which will partly replace Iranian energy supply, the country’s acting electricity minister said Feb. 9. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “After getting cabinet approval for our proposals, we will head fast to start the actual work, to prepare the [gas] platform and buy gas from Qatar,” Adel Karim told the state-run Iraqi TV. “Importing the gas includes building the infrastructure and this will take at least a year to 15 months, depending on the agreement. This needs to happen because Iraq cannot continue to rely on one […]