JORDAN

Iraqi Experts to Conduct Seismic Survey in Jordan 

As part of the joint Iraqi-Jordanian oil exploration program, two teams of Iraqi experts are to carry out a seismic survey in Jordan. The first stage of the survey will cover an area of some 1,700 sq. kms. west of the Dead Sea, while the second stage - due to start next month - will cover areas south and northeast of the capital Amman.

Jordan has recently struck oil in three wells in the al- Azraq area east of Amman in the...