Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 14

4-April-2005

JORDAN

Jordan Details Plans To Liberalize Its Petroleum Sector

The Jordanian government has formally told the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) that the latters 50-year concession to produce, distribute and market petroleum products in Jordan will expire in 2008, the 'Amman daily al-Rai reported last week. The decision to liberalize the petroleum sector was announced earlier this year by Jordanian Minister of Oil and Mineral...