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| Iraq-Jordan-Egypt pipeline to Gulf of Aqaba |
Omar Al-Sharer Al Monitor's Iraq Pulse
Iraq is close to completing design of a pipeline to carry Iraqi oil to Jordan and Egypt through the Gulf of Aqaba. Once completed, the project is to be handed over to a specialized company, pursuant to investment regulations.
It is expected that this pipeline will fulfill Iraq's
needs for oil derivatives; Iraq will use Egyptian refineries in exchange for
supplying Egypt with around four million barrels of crude oil per month. In
this regard, the Iraqi spokesman at the Ministry of Oil, Assem Jihad, said that
“Iraq has extended a pipeline from the oilfields of Basra to the Haditha region
in the far west of Anbar, near the Jordanian border. Iraq has formed a set of
technical committees to design the pipeline that will extend from Haditha to
the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The project will be open for investments."
He added, “The export capacity of the pipeline amounts
to one million barrels per day. A gas pipeline will shortly be built.”
The part of the pipeline situated within the Iraqi
borders provides oil to many cities across the Euphrates, and several
refineries in Anbar.
During his visit to Baghdad at the beginning of the
month, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil discussed supplying Iraqi oil to
the Egyptian refineries with his Iraqi counterpart, Nouri al-Maliki.
