After the agreement was made between the two countries, the Kuwait Ministry is awaiting official clearance of all details from Iraq in order to move forward with export of Gas from Iraq.
Due to the change in the Iraqi government, from Abduljabbar Al-Laeibi, in which this agreement had been made during his tenure to current Thamer Al-Ghadban the settlement has been delayed. The quantity of gas exported is said to be 50 million cubic feet daily to initiate the trade.