Jordan Considering Iranian Offer for Natural Gas Supply

Iranian government offered to supply Jordan with natural gas, Jordan’s Energy Minister, Khaled Tougan said here.

Jordan is considering an Iranian offer to supply natural gas as a means of overcoming its current energy crisis; Fars news agency reported quoted Jordian minister of energy and mineral resources as saying.

He went on to say that, the offer is being studied and no price have yet been floated.

The Iranian ambassador in Amman, Mustafa Zadeh, said that Jordan has not yet replied to his country’s offer, which was submitted more than a month ago.

It’s worth mentioning that the Iranian gas can be exported to Jordan through the pipelines that supply both Iraq and Turkey with Iranian gas.

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Source: NIGC, July 13, 2011;