VOL. XLVI

No 16

21-April-2003

JORDAN

Jordan Receives First Cargoes Of Saudi Crude

Jordan has received two cargoes of Saudi crude oil at the port of 'Aqaba, with the arrival of one 135,000 ton cargo on 4 April and a 140,000 ton cargo on 8 April. The oil will be trucked from 'Aqaba to the Zarqa refinery some 40km east of 'Amman. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Muhammad Batayneh said on 13 April that Jordan would continue getting oil regularly and stressed that the country had sufficient oil...