 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) is seen in this photo welcoming his Jordanian counterpart Samir Rifai in Baghdad upon the latter's arrival on his first official visit to Iraq this year. AFP photo |
Jordan and Iraq have agreed in principle to extend a pipeline to convey crude Iraqi oil to Jordan, a report has said.
Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai met his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki on Monday and also discussed the possibility that a future expansion of the project could include Iraqi gas, the Jordan Times cited the Jordan News Agency as reporting.
Amman and Cairo signed an agreement in 2003 to build a 360-kilometre pipeline from Arish through the Sinai to Aqaba and northwards to the Syrian border, to convey Egyptian gas to Jordan and further to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
During the Baghdad talks held earlier this week, the Jordanian side made a request to extend a contract under which the Kingdom of Jordan receives Iraqi oil and to gradually increase the quantities of supply from 10,000 barrels per day to 30,000. The Iraqi side promised to study the request, Petra said.
Iraq currently transports crude oil to Jordan by truck.
Rifai and al-Maliki discussed means of exchanging information regarding gas and oil exploration, including tasking joint committees to come up with an energy action plan.
They agreed to continue talks through ministerial meetings to look into the steps needed to continue cooperation.
Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai met his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki on Monday and also discussed the possibility that a future expansion of the project could include Iraqi gas, the Jordan Times cited the Jordan News Agency as reporting.
Amman and Cairo signed an agreement in 2003 to build a 360-kilometre pipeline from Arish through the Sinai to Aqaba and northwards to the Syrian border, to convey Egyptian gas to Jordan and further to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
During the Baghdad talks held earlier this week, the Jordanian side made a request to extend a contract under which the Kingdom of Jordan receives Iraqi oil and to gradually increase the quantities of supply from 10,000 barrels per day to 30,000. The Iraqi side promised to study the request, Petra said.
Iraq currently transports crude oil to Jordan by truck.
Rifai and al-Maliki discussed means of exchanging information regarding gas and oil exploration, including tasking joint committees to come up with an energy action plan.
They agreed to continue talks through ministerial meetings to look into the steps needed to continue cooperation.
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