VOL. XXXI

NO.41

18-JULY-1988

JORDAN

Jordan Receives an Additional Grant of Sl3mn from Canada's PCIAC

The Jordanian Government's Natural Resources Authority (NRA) disclosed on 10July that Petro-Canada International Assistance Corporation (PCIAC) has decidedto extend to Jordan an additional grant of C$13mn to support the country's oilexploration program.

PCIAC gave Jordan a grant of C$19mn in March 1987 for exploration purposes,part of which has been used to hire a Canadian geological survey team to...