Jordan seeks to triple oil imports from Iraq, energy minister says

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Jordan is seeking to triple oil imports from neighboring Iraq to help meet domestic demand, the Jordanian energy minister said. “Jordan, which imports almost all of its energy needs, has asked Iraq to increase supplies of crude transported by truck to 30,000 barrels a day from the current level of 10,000 barrels a day,” Khalid Irani said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg from Amman. “This is within the terms of the agreement that we already have between Jordan and Iraq,” the minister said yesterday. “We are awaiting their response.” Jordan, which imports about 90,000 barrels of oil a day, forecasts its fuel consumption to increase to 10 million metric tons of oil equivalent by 2020, up from 7.5 million tons today. The Middle Eastern country projects its electricity consumption to almost double in the next 10 years to 5,200 megawatts. SH (P) 1