Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 42

18-Oct-2010

JORDAN

Jordan To Abandon Policy Of Exclusive Rights To JPRC

The Jordanian government is about to abandon its decision to grant exclusive rights to the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) to supply the domestic market with petroleum products for a period of 15 years and instead will now allow more competition, Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Irani has said. The minister added that the government expects to...