The 1,680km double pipeline will supply about one-million barrels of oil and 258 million cubic feet of gas a day, from Basra on the Arabian Gulf to Jordan’s Aqaba Port.
Iraq oil ministry’s State Company for Oil Projects director general Nihad Mossa was quoted by the The Jordan Times as saying that the Iraqi oil minister has signed the agreement in Baghdad and the deal was sent to and signed by the Jordanian energy minister.
"We will immediately undertake all procedures to begin the implementation of this strategic project," Mossa added.
Mossa noted that a tender will be floated in the first quarter of 2014 to build the pipeline from Haditha to Aqaba.
Jordan Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour met Iraqi oil ministry officials, along with Mossa, to discuss about the preparations to start the implementation of the project, reported Petra, the Jordan News Agency.
