Jordan refiner lets contract for facility upgrade - OIL GAS JOURNAL / HYDROCARBON PROCESSING

HOUSTON, 05/08/2017

By OGJ editors

Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. Ltd. (JPRC), the sole refining company of Jordan, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP to facilitate a $1.6-billion expansion of its refinery at Zarqa, 35 km east of Amman.

The expansion will increase the capacity of the facility to 120,000 b/d and will allow JPRC to upgrade the quality of its product to meet Euro-V emissions specifications.

JPRC Chief Executive Officer Abdul Karim Alaween said the upgrade is vital as it “will help us meet the rising demand for fuel, which is growing at an average of 3% every year.”

Iraq to supply Egypt with 1 million barrels monthly: ambassador - EGYPT INDEPENDENT / REUTERS

Thu, 23/02/2017 - 05:00

The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company SOMO has signed a contract for oil exports with the Egyptian government, al-Ahram quoted Iraqi ambassador to Cairo Habib Mohamed Hady al-Sadr as saying on Thursday.

The company forwarded the contract to the Petroleum Ministry for final approval, he added.

Sadr told al-Ahram newspaper that the first batch of oil, estimated at 1 million barrels, will be handed over to Egypt in the last 10 days of March 2018.

Egypt, Iraq and Jordan are preparing for a major strategic joint energy project, he added. The three countries will extend oil and natural gas pipelines from Basra oil fields through Aqaba port in Jordan to Egypt.

A change of course - LNG INDUSTRY

Thursday, 09 February 2017 08:57
Richard Bass

A discussion held 10 years ago about East Mediterranean gas would have focused on Egypt. It would have concentrated specifically on the quantity of pipeline gas that Egypt could export regionally and the capability of its two LNG terminals to compete for customers in Europe, North America, and Asia. Fast forward to today, and any discussion of East Mediterranean gas would consider when Egypt will cease to be a significant LNG importer, as well as the prospects for gas exports from Israel and Cyprus. So how, in less than a decade, have the region’s circumstances changed so markedly? And what is the next decade going to look like?

Jordan imported over 5 bcm of LNG in 2016 - NATURAL GAS WORLD

January 09th, 2017, 10:30amShardul Sharma

Jordan imported 8.6mn m³ of LNG cargoes at -160 deg C, official Petra News Agency reported January 8 citing government data.

That represents the regasified equivalent of 5.2bn m³ during 2016 imported into Jordan. Of that, about 0.67bn m³ of LNG was then exported to Egypt.

The fuel was imported via the floating LNG terminal at Aqaba, which became operational in July 2015; 48 cargoes were imported, of which 40 by Jordan’s state owned electricity company, National Electric Power Company, while 7 were supplied by Shell from Qatar. LNG cargo sizes ranged between 125,000 m³ and 165,000 m³.

Under its agreement with NEPCO, Shell has agreed to supply 150mn ft³/d LNG to the Aqaba LNG terminal.

Importing Israeli gas: Jordan’s self-harming energy choice - MIDDLE EAST EYE

'Expedient' regasification ship, anchored off the coast of Israel
on February 26, 2015 to supply Electric Corporation (AFP)

Hisham Bustani
Friday 30 September 2016 09:18 UTC

Pressure from the US and corruption lie behind a $10bn contract that endangers Jordan's energy sovereignty while aiding Israel

Two years after signing a letter of intent to import gas from Israeli-occupied fields in the eastern Mediterranean, the National Electric Power Company of Jordan (NEPCO), a 100 percent government-owned firm that monopolises the generation of electrical power in Jordan, finally signed the actual gas deal this Monday.

According to the terms of this deal, the Israeli consortium led by the US company Noble Energy is to supply a gross quantity of approximately 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from the yet undeveloped Leviathan field, over a period of 15 years, for the price of $10bn.

Egypt- Power plants' gas consumption rises to 3.4bn cubic feet a day: Petroleum Ministry - MENAFN / DAILY NEWS EGYPT

14/07/2016

In the past week, power plants' consumption of natural gas reached about 3.4bn cubic feet per day compared to 3.3bn cubic feet as a result of high temperatures.

A source at the Ministry of Petroleum told Daily News Egypt that the power plants receive 30,000 tonnes of fuel oil per day as well as 4,000 tonnes of diesel.

He said that gas imports through the two floating natural gas import terminals at Ain Sokhna Port and the Jordan gas line have increased to reach 1.3bn cubic feet per day, which is the maximum capacity for gas imports. The gas imports are made up of 1.2bn cubic feet coming from the terminals in Ain Sokhna and 100m cubic feet coming from the floating natural gas import terminal at Aqaba Port in Jordan.

Israel Risks Losing Jordanian Market - NATURAL GAS EUROPE

LNG Terminal, Aqaba

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.