By NNN-KUNA
Amman : Iraqi oil, with a preferential USD 18 less than the international price, will be imported by Jordan within the next few days, an official source said on Sunday.
According to an agreement between Amman and Baghdad, Jordan will be supplied with 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) in a first stage, covering one third of the kingdom’s oil needs, the source told the Jordanian daily newspaper “Al-Ghad.”
Jordanian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Shreidah revealed last Thursday that the Iraqi Government had agreed to supply his country with about 100,000 bpd, indicating that Egypt also agreed initially to increase exports of natural gas.
The oil supplies coming from Kirkuk would provide “limited” support for Jordan’s energy resources, the source who requested to be anonymous said.