VOL. XXXIV

NO.16

21-JANUARY-1991

Iraq/Jordan

Jordan Would Find it Difficult to Replace Cheap Iraqi Crude

Since the beginning of the Gulf crisis last August, Iraq has continued,despite UN sanctions, to truck crude oil supplies to Jordan to meet domesticconsumption requirements estimated at around 60,000 b/d. MEES understands thatthe agreement between the two countries provides that Iraq supplies around42,000 b/d of crude oil at a price of $16/B and 18,000 b/d of crude free ofcharge. Jordan has...