Bloomberg: Jordan Picks Shell for Two-Year LNG Supply to Meed Demand

Jordan selected Royal Dutch Shell Plc to supply liquefied natural gas for the next two years after a tender. 

Shell will send 18-20 shipments a year, covering 40 percent of Jordan’s needs for power, in 2016 and 2017, Abde Al-Fattah Al-Daradkeh, director general of National Electric Power Co. of Jordan, said Wednesday by phone. The Amman-based company initially sought LNG supplies for the four years from January 1, according to tender documents issued in July.

Jordan became an LNG importer this year after opening a floating terminal at the Red Sea port of Aqaba, joining other Middle Eastern nations that turned to the super-chilled fuel to meet their rising power demand. Jordan this month also started exporting gas to Egypt via a pipeline after reaching an agreement to receive extra LNG cargoes using excess capacity at Aqaba.