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‘Basra-Aqaba pipeline to provide Jordan with 150,000 barrels of crude oil a day’
By JT - Feb 06,2018 - Last updated at Feb 06,2018
AMMAN — Energy Minister Saleh Kharabsheh on Tuesday highlighted the economic importance of the Basra-Aqaba oil pipeline in providing the Kingdom with some 150,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
He said that the project also includes building reservoirs with a capacity of 7 million barrels and establishing a port to export the Iraqi oil from Aqaba, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The minister estimated the cost of the pipeline to range between $8 billion and $10 billion with a total length of 1,350 kilometres (350km between Basra and Najaf and 1,000km from Najaf to Aqaba). Kharabsheh said that the exporting capacity of the pipeline will stand at around 1 million barrel a day.
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