Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 25

20-June-2005

jordan

Sonoran Energy Bids For Exploration Contract In Jordan

Jordans Natural Resources Authority (NRA) last week provisionally approved an offer from UK-based Sonoran Energy for oil exploration in the Azraq Block, east of 'Amman. In an interview with the Jordanian daily al-Rai of 13 June, NRA Director Mahir Hajazin said the finishing touches were being put on an exploration agreement aimed at developing the Hamzah oilfield in Azraq. The...