VOL. XL

No. 35

1-September-1997

JORDAN

Jordan Refinery Contracts M. W. Kellogg For Revamping Feasibility Study

The Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC), which manages and operates the country'ssole 75,000 b/d refinery at Zarqa, announced on 28 August that it had signed a contractwith M. W. Kellogg of the US to carry out a feasibility study for the plant's revampingproject which would raise capacity to 100,000 b/d. JPRC is a listed firm on the stockexchange whose shares are mostly owned by...