Iraqi cabinet approves project for oil pipeline from Basra to Aqaba — Kharabsheh

Iraqi cabinet approves project for oil pipeline from Basra to Aqaba — Kharabsheh

AMMAN — Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh on Monday announced the Iraqi cabinet's approval of the framework agreement for the project to install a pipeline to transfer Iraqi crude oil from Basra to the Aqaba port.

Kharabsheh said that his Iraqi counterpart Ihsan Abduljabbar, in a phone call, had announced Iraq's approval, where Abduljabbar was commissioned to complete procedures necessary for signing the agreement, according to a ministry statement.

Kharabsheh and his Iraqi counterpart agreed to direct the technical and legal teams to proceed with necessary procedures to sign the agreement.