Iraq Diversifies Crude Exports Via $18B Jordan Pipeline As US-Iran War Exposes Hormuz Risks

After years of delays, Iraq and Jordan are moving to accelerate the $18 billion Basra-Aqaba pipeline, which would pump Iraqi crude through Jordan to the Red Sea port of Aqaba and give Baghdad an export channel fully independent of the Strait of Hormuz. Ad Ad A Decades-Old Project Turned Urgent by US-Iran War Realities Iraqi