JORDAN

Jordan Strikes Oil in Third Test in Hamzah Field 

The Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr. Hisham al-Khatib, has confirmed to MEES that a third exploratory well in the Hamzah oilfield in the al-Azraq area in northeast Jordan - Hamzah No. 3 - has struck oil and is being tested. Commenting on press reports of a flow of 3,000 b/d, the Minister told MEES that it was still "premature to give any figures" about the new find, and that testing was still...