AMMAN — The Kingdom imported 2.074 million tons of crude oil
through the southern port of Aqaba, while the total quantities of Iraqi oil
imported in 2020 amounted to about 2.258 million barrels of oil through the
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JOPetrol).
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The strategic stockpile owned by the government and stored
in Al-Madhuna was enhanced by 20,000 tons of gasoline 90, 10,000 tons of 95
gasoline and 52,000 tons of diesel Euro 5, according to a report published on
the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources website.
The report, quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
indicated that the strategic stockpile system for crude oil and oil derivatives
was issued, and work was done to increase the storage capacities of liquefied
petroleum gas in Al-Madhuna by about 6,000 tons, where the completion rate in
the project was about 79.5 percent.
In the field of natural gas, work has been done on
diversifying natural gas sources, as the implementation of the North Gas
Pipeline project has been completed and the supply of natural gas from the
North supply point has begun in early 2020, and the needs of natural gas power
plants have been covered by relying on imported natural gas through the Sheikh
Sabah port for liquefied natural gas in Aqaba and Egypt and through the Noble
Energy Company, in addition to the gas produced from the Risha gas field,
according to Petra.
The report said that the production capacity of the Risha
field was raised to about 27 million cubic feet after the discovery of three
gas-producing wells, while the contribution of Risha gas to electric power
generation in 2020 was 2.1 percent.
The production of the Risha gas field amounted to about 5.318
billion cubic feet, at a daily rate of 14.6 million cubic feet, an increase of
1,925 and by 57 percent compared to 2019.
In the field of oil and oil shale, an agreement was signed
to develop the Hamza oil field to increase the productivity of the wells
operating in the Hamza field, where the improvement of the field's
infrastructure was completed with the National Petroleum Company.
The system of projects for the exploitation of petroleum,
oil shale, coal, and strategic minerals was also issued, and work began on
preparing the instructions to be issued accordingly.
The report noted that the number of surface oil shale distillation
areas and open areas for investment in deep oil shale distillation reached 21,
and work was done to rehabilitate 4 wells in Hamza field to increase their
daily production.
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