Energy: Increased quantities of Iraqi crude oil exported to the Kingdom

Alanbat - Rana Amara

 On Sunday, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced an increase in the quantities of Iraqi crude oil exported to the Kingdom from 10,000 barrels per day to 15,000 barrels per day.

 The Director of the Directorate of Oil and Natural Gas in the Ministry, Eng. Iman Awwad, said that the Iraqi side agreed to increase the quantities from the beginning of the current month of August, with the same contractual terms contained in the memorandum of understanding for the supply of crude oil signed between the Jordanian and Iraqi governments on 4/5/2023.

 She added that the ministry has made all the necessary technical and logistical arrangements to transfer these quantities from the oil loading site in Iraq, the "modern Kirkuk depot", to the Jordan Petroleum Refinery in Zarqa, and thus the monthly quantity exported of Iraqi crude oil to Jordan will reach about (450) thousand barrels per month Instead of (300) thousand barrels per month.

 The increase in the quantities of oil comes as a result of the fruitful talks held during the visit of the Prime Minister at the head of a ministerial delegation to Baghdad on July 24, and reaching a common consensus to increase the quantities of Iraqi crude oil exported to Jordan.