Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 7

15-Feb-2010

JORDAN

BP Makes Risha Bonus Payment Of $20Mn To Jordan

BP has transferred a bonus payment of $20mn to the Jordanian government as per its agreement to develop the Risha gas field signed last October, following the ratification of the agreement by King 'Abd Allah and the issue of Law 1 of 2010 on 3 January (MEES, 2 November 2009). Announcing the bonus payment, the spokesman at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mahmud al-'Is, said...