JORDAN

Jordan Studies 50,000 b/d Oil Shale Plant 

King Husain of Jordan stated on 2 November that the Jordanian Government was intensifying its oil exploration activities and that it was undertaking studies for the extraction of crude oil from shale deposits.

In an address to the Jordanian parliament, King Husain said that 10 new exploratory wells were being drilled and that negotiations with foreign firms have begun in an effort to speed up exploration activities. The King also said...