The Jordanian government decided to start conducting a study on constructing an oil pipeline linking the country with Iraq, local newspaper Jordan Times reported Wednesday.
Following a weekly cabinet session, Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khader said the study will be conducted in line with a recent agreement reached between energy officials of the two countries.
The pipeline would link Jordan's sole refinery in the north industrial city of Zarqa with an Iraqi oil pumping station in Haditha, 260 km northwest of Baghdad, said the report.
Negotiations between Amman and Baghdad to construct the pipeline started a few years ago but were halted following the US-led war in Iraq.
The pipeline will be constructed with an expected capacity to transport 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Before the war, oil-rich Iraq used to supply Jordan with all its oil needs, amounting to 5 to 6 million tons annually.