Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 51-52

21/28-Dec-2009

Jordan

New Government Reviews Plans For Zarqa Refinery Expansion

One of the first decisions of the new Jordanian cabinet headed by Prime Minister Samir al-Rifa'i was to request the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) to suspend all measures dealing with the expansion of JPRCs Zarqa refinery, pending a review by a newly-formed committee to study the project and make its recommendations. At its meeting on 15 December, the cabinet set...