VOL. XLIII

No. 42

16-OCTOBER-2000

JORDAN

Jordan Invites Oil Companies To Bid For PSAs Under New Terms

Jordans Natural Resources Authority (NRA) is inviting oil companies to submit bids for production sharing agreements (PSAs) in open blocks under newly announced terms for oil exploration. Jordan is divided into seven exploration blocks (see Map). Jordans National Petroleum Company (NPC) holds the concession for the Risha Block, on the border with Iraq, while in April 1996 NRA signed a PSA with...