Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Quteishat of Jordan

30-09-08 Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Quteishat said his country was receiving 7,400 barrels of Iraqi crude oil on a daily basis.

The Iraqi oil supplies to Jordan via the land road will be pushed to 1,000 bpd after the holy month of Ramadan," Quteishat said in a joint press conference with Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communication Nasser Judeh.

utilising its reserves of oil shale, which has a low oil content.

million-$80 million a year to add needed power capacity.

reserves currently estimated at about 40 billion tons.

peaceful purposes to reduce burden of energy costs.

Quteishat said that the Jordanian government was inviting offers from other international firms to exploit the country's oil shale reserves currently estimated at about 40 billion tons.

The first shipment of oil from Iraq to Jordan arrived at the Iraqi side of the border and is expected to enter Jordanian territory later in the day, Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Quteishat said Tuesday.