VOL. XLVII

No 13

29-March-2004

JORDAN

Jordan Extends Trans-Globals Exploration License By Six Months

Jordans Natural Resources Authority (NRA) has extended Trans-Global Petroleums exploration license by six months to allow the completion of drilling work in the 6,500 sq km Dead Sea and Wadi Araba block, according to a Jordan Times report of 3 March. Exploration activities were curtailed in 2003 due to the Iraq war. The company found no signs of hydrocarbons at its Asal-1 well, which was spudded in...