IRAQ/JORDAN
 
Baghdad Offers Guarantees For Export Pipeline Mega-Project
 
By Rafiq Latta
 
Iraq’s oil ministry launched its planned 1mn b/d Jordan export pipeline project at a road show in London on 14 December. While many challenges remain, it is clear the ministry and its consultant, Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin, have learnt the lessons of Baghdad’s fourth upstream bidding round flop earlier this year. The envisaged project structure is aimed at...