Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 2

10-January-2005

JORDAN

Jordans Oil Consumption Set For Annual 4% Rise To 2020

Jordans oil consumption in 2004 totaled around 5.8mn tons (42mn barrels or 115,000 b/d) and is expected to rise by 4% a year between 2005 and 2020, according to the countrys Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Azmi Khraisat, speaking on 4 January. In 2000, the expectation was that the annual rise would average only 3% (MEES, 27 March 2000). Mr Khraisat said that the...