Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 22

30-May-2005

Jordan

Jordan Revives Plans For 'Aqaba Refinery Project

Jordanian Prime Minister 'Adnan Badran said last week that Jordan would build a second refinery in 'Aqaba and that a number of Kuwaiti firms had expressed an interest in investing in the project. The scheme would await the termination of the 50-year concession of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) in 2008 and the liberalization of the energy sector. In an interview with the...