TotalEnergies, with the support of the Iraqi authorities, will invest in installations to recover gas that is being flared on three oil fields and as such supply gas to 1.5 GW of power generation capacity in a first phase, growing to 3 GW in a second phase. It will also develop 1 GW of solar electricity generation capacity to supply the Basra regional grid. Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said the first phase will include a $3-billion investment by the French group in a project to construct a large-scale seawater treatment unit. The facility will increase water-injection capacities in southern Iraq fields without increasing water withdrawals as the country is currently facing a water-stress situation. The water injection is required to maintain pressure in several fields and will help to optimize the production of the natural resources in the Basra region.