expressed in the Committee on Economy and Investment parliamentary member, Thursday, "fears" committee of the agreement between Iraq and Jordan on extending the strategic oil pipeline from Basra to the port of Aqaba , describing it as "non - transparent", adding that this line will give Jordan the benefit of Finance equivalent to half of its annual budget. 

The deputy Abdul Salam al-Maliki said in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The oil pipeline extending from Basra towards the port of Aqaba through a modern district with a length of 700 km, including two stations, station 52 and 42, two pumping stations in addition to three transformer stations," noting that "The executive side will be from Rumaila to Haditha at the expense of the Iraqi government and from Haditha to Aqaba will be on the Jordanian government."

"The amount of pumping towards the port of Aqaba from this pipeline up to one million barrels per day, and Jordan will receive daily 100 thousand barrels supported by the Iraqi government, and we are afraid that the support as was the agreement between the former regime and Jordan through the sale of barrels of oil for only five dollars Which is still in place until the moment, "pointing out that" Jordan is a neighboring country and brother of Iraq and we have a large trade exchange with them and there are common relations between the two countries. " 

He pointed out that "the strategic line will be in the first two stages of Haditha towards the port of Aqaba and the second stage towards Turkey, which means that our thinking should not be limited to Jordan, but also the second stage." He added: "What frightens us from this issue is the issue of support, To transfer ownership of the pipeline from Haditha to Aqaba after twenty years of the Jordanian government and then ends a partnership. "

He explained that "the benefit of Iraq from this pipeline is the multiplicity of ports in case there were problems in the way of the ports of Basra through the Gulf, then Iraq will have alternative outlets," stressing that "the visit of the King of Jordan to Iraq was mainly to activate this line, which will support half of the budget of Jordan, Which Jordan annually from this pipeline is three billion dollars at a time that the budget is six billion dollars. " 

Maliki said that "talking about a strategic alliance with Jordan through this line is not accurate because it is a coalition of interests may change over time and after the end of the period of twenty years," stressing that "we have fears of this agreement being transparent and not offered to the Iraqi people Clearly did not clear the strengths and weaknesses in it. "

On November 16, 2018, the Royal Jordanian Court announced details of the King Abdullah II and Barham Saleh talks, stressing the need to strengthen economic cooperation, especially the extension of an oil pipeline from the city of Basra to the Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea. 

Iraq has signed an agreement in 2012 with Jordan, including the extension of an oil pipeline across the Gulf of Aqaba with a capacity of one million barrels per day along with the extension of a gas pipeline, and includes strengthening cooperation in the field of transport and work on rail links between the two countries. 

Iraq, which has the world's third largest oil reserves, estimated at 143 billion barrels, after Saudi Arabia and Iran, hopes that building the pipeline will increase its oil exports and diversify its ports.

Jordan, which imports 98 percent of its energy needs, hopes the pipeline will meet its crude oil needs of around 150,000 bpd and get 100 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. 

The two countries are linked to a previous agreement that would supply Jordan with about 30,000 barrels per day of Iraqi crude oil, in addition to 1,000 tons of heavy fuel, but the deal is stalled as a result of deteriorating security conditions in Iraq.