AMMAN — Deputy Secretary-General of the
Ministry of Energy for Energy Affairs Hassan Al-Hiyari said that Jordan will
resume importing Iraqi oil after the two countries sign a memorandum of
understanding in the middle of next week, according to Ammon News.
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Hiyari said that some of the terms of the memorandum
expired on January 28, but work is under way to renew the terms and resume
Iraqi exports to Jordan.
Hiyari said that Jordan imported 1.5 million barrels
of
Iraqi crude oil from last September, when it started importing from Iraq,
until the end of January, adding that the daily average amounted to about 9,835
barrels.
He said that Jordan’s import of Iraqi crude oil
amounted to 309,962 barrels during January, at a rate of 9,999 barrels per day.
Jordan is bound by the memorandum to provide fuel
bowsers to transport Iraqi crude oil from the Baiji District, in Iraq, to the
Jordan Petroleum Refinery in Zarqa.
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