Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 1

4-Jan-2010

Jordan

NRA And Eesti Energia Make Progress On Shale Project

Jordans Natural Resources Authority (NRA) and Estonias Eesti Energia have reached an agreement to extract and retort oil shale reserves in a 30 sq km concession area in al-'Attarat in the kingdoms central region, NRAs Director Mahir Hijazin told The Jordan Times last month. Mr Hijazin said that the oil shale project will cost an estimated $6bn and is expected to reach full capacity...