Under the patronage of the President of the University of Technology, Professor Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Al-Ghabban, the Chemical Engineering and Oil Refining Branch in the Chemical Engineering Department held a scientific symposium on the role of universities in investing in natural gas and associated gas in oil sites. The symposium included the delivery of two scientific lectures, the first by Professor Dr. Ahmed Askar Najaf from Al-Karkh University of Science, during which he gave a detailed presentation on the nature of gas sites in Iraq and the most prominent factors affecting gas exploitation in oil fields and their dependence on the geological structures of gas traps. In his second lecture, Professor Dr. Talib Muhammad Nayef, Scientific Assistant for the Department of Chemical Engineering, also touched on the necessity of finding appropriate solutions for exploiting natural and associated gas according to a well-thought-out program, and this is what the Ministry of Oil and the government program have actually worked on by launching the licensing round for gas investment. The session was chaired by Assistant Professor Ali Raad Muhammad Jawad, and Assistant Professor Lama Hussein Mahmoud was the rapporteur of the session.

At the conclusion of the symposium, the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, Professor Dr. Khaled Ajami Sukkar, presented certificates of appreciation to the lecturers for their scientific efforts that go into supporting the oil industry and building the economy of our beloved country through investing in gas wealth.