VOL. XXXIV

NO. 17

28-JANUARY-1991

Iraq/Jordan

Jordan Continues to Import Iraqi Crude for Local Consumption

Despite the present war in the Gulf, Jordan has continued to import its crudeoil requirements - amounting to some 60,000 b/d - from Iraq by tanker trucks,according to a report on 23 January by Agence France Presse. Jordan, despite theUN embargo on Iraq, has been forced to import Iraqi crude to meet localconsumption at the lowest possible prices following the cutoff of Saudi crudesupplies last...