VOL XXX

NO. 8

1-DECEMBER-1986

JORDAN

Belgium's Petrofina Negotiates for Exploration Acreage in Jordan

Petrofina of Belgium has been in recent weeks holding discussions with theJordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on the possibility ofacquiring an oil exploration concession, according to a statement on 24 Novemberby a Belgian Embassy official in Amman. Jordan last March signed a 7.5-yearproduction-sharing agreement with Amoco of the US for two exploration blocksNos. 1 and 4 covering a...