Globes: Jordan Not Waiting for Leviathan

With the development of the Leviathan field still on hold, it remains unclear whether the letter of intent signed last year between the Leviathan partners and Jordanian government's National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) to buy 45 billion cubic meters of natural gas over 15 years is still on the agenda. It may not be, for according to reports in the Jordanian media, the National Electric Power Company, still seeking cheap gas to replace the fuel until several years ago supplied by the Egyptians, has published a tender to import 1.66 BCM over four years.

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources spokesperson Haidar Gammaz told the "Jordan Times," "Jordan is working on diversifying its energy resources and especially natural gas resources; the terminal has made it possible to import LNG from several markets. Jordan received the first two shipments of LNG that arrived and were unloaded at the terminal already. Jordan is expected to receive more than 15 LNG shipments during the second half of this year," MORE