VOL. XL

No. 7

17-February-1997

JORDAN

Jordan Revives Plans For Grassroots 210,000 B/D 'Aqaba Refinery

Jordan has decided to revive its plan for the construction on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis of a grassroots export-oriented refinery at the Red Sea Port of 'Aqaba with a capacity of 210,000 b/d. An announcement published as an advertisement in local Arabic newspapers on 5 February and signed by the Jordanian Minister of Energy, Mr. Hashim al-Dabbas, invites interested international firms...