- Iraq seeks to bypass Hormuz
- Pipeline could carry 1m bpd
- Basra-Aqaba route ‘strategic project’
Iraq is accelerating plans for a long-delayed oil pipeline to Jordan that could carry up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to the Red Sea port of Aqaba, as Baghdad seeks alternative export routes after the Iran war disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iraq sent a parliament delegation to Amman this week to follow up on the project, which involves the construction of a pipeline from the southern oil hub of Basra to…
