JORDAN

Jordan Leases Two Drilling Rigs from Rumania 

Under an agreement signed in Amman on 27 November, Jordan has leased two additional drilling rigs from the Rumanian state-agency Rompetrol to step up the country's oil exploration program being undertaken by the Natural Resources Authority (NRA). The agreement was signed by the newly- appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Hisham al-Khatib, and a senior official of the Romanian Ministry of Petroleum....