AMMAN — Director of the Directorate of
Petroleum and Oil Shale at the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission Zaid
Samour said that Jordan is one of the countries that are classified as “underexplored”
in the field of oil, pointing to the presence of evidence of the existence of
oil in sandstone by the shores of the Dead Sea; well No. 1, as well as in
Jurassic carbonates in well No. 2 along the Syrian border, according to Jo24.
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Samour said that the Kingdom was divided into 12
exploration areas, where a concession agreement was signed with the National
Petroleum Company for a period of 50 years, ending in 2046, for the purpose of
conducting studies and exploration in the Risha field. The field’s production is estimated at about
17 million cubic feet of gas, which is supplied to the power plant daily and
contributes to 5 percent of the Kingdom’s needs of electric power, added
Samour.
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