VOL. XLII

No 44

1-November-1999

JORDAN

Refinery Expansion Will Meet Next Decade痴 Demands

The fourth stage of a project to expand Jordan痴 sole oilrefinery at Zarqa, to be completed around 2003, will increase output to around150,000 b/d. A senior official at the Jordanian Petroleum Refinery Company(JPRC), which manages and operates the refinery, told MEES that finalapproval of the next stage of expansion is expected soon from the board ofdirectors. The expansion project will enable the refinery to...