Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 20

18-May-2009

IRAQ

Iraq Unable To Supply More Discounted Crude To Jordan For Now

Iraq is not in a position to raise the volume of crude supplied to Jordan from the current 10,000 b/d, nor will it consider the possibility of constructing a crude oil pipeline to Jordans 100,000 b/d Zarqa refinery, an Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Ahmad al-Shama' has said. The official was commenting on reports from Jordan that these two issues were to be the...