Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 46

15-November-2004

JORDAN

Trans Global Starts Drilling In Dead Sea Area

US company Trans Global Petroleum has started exploration drilling in the Assal region of the Dead Sea permit, Director General of the Natural Resources Authority (NRA) Mahir Hijazin said on 8 November, according to a Petra report. In the second phase of its production-sharing agreement, Trans Global has agreed to drill three wells in the coming months. It applied for and received a...