Sunday, 7 April 2019
Egypt and Jordan signed on Friday a long-term contract to operate and maintain Jordan’s natural gas pipeline, according to an Oil Ministry statement.
State energy companies Enppi and Petrojet are also currently working on a project to expand the natural gas network in Jordan, which should be inaugurated this October, Minister Tarek El Molla previously said.
Sat, 12/03/2016, Al-Masry Al-Youm
Former Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal has praised plans to build a two-way oil pipeline linking Egypt to Iraq via Jordan, carrying high-quality Iraqi crude to Egypt's refineries.
During an interview on al-Ghad television news channel on Thursday evening, Kamal said that the project, which is still under discussion, would give Egypt access to Iraqi crude, which is among the best in the world.
Late last year, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Iraq, Egypt and Jordan to construct the pipeline, and further discussions were held on Thursday between the oil ministers of the three nations.
The deal would include pumping 1 million barrels per month of Iraqi crude oil through the pipeline, according to Kamal. He pointed out that Iraq's crude oil production is up to 5 million barrels a month, most of which is exported.
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February 18th, 2016
While Israel is still stuck in internal policy debates, Jordan, Israel’s next-door neighbour and a potential export market, may have found alternative sources of natural gas.
Despite its ongoing energy crisis and a desperate need to import cheap natural gas from a reliable source, Jordan’s lawmakers seem no longer as keen to close a deal with Israel.
Dependent on imported energy for 98% of its needs, Jordan previously relied on Egyptian gas to satisfy most of its domestic demand. The disruptions in the flow of gas in the aftermath of the Arab spring caused a sudden spike in Jordan’s energy bill and forced the country into a severe crisis.
Texan Noble Energy announced in September 2014 the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to supply natural gas from Israel’s 22 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Leviathan field to Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (Nepco). Under the terms of the LOI, Noble and its partners would supply a base gross quantity of 1.6 trillion ft³ from Leviathan to Jordan over a period of 15 years, beginning at a rate of 300mn ft³/d. A final deal would be subject to regulatory approvals.
