Israel Approves Gas Pipeline Route to Jordan

Israel’s national planning and construction committee on Tuesday approved the route of pipeline that will carry gas to Jordan, the Finance Ministry said.

The 15.5 kilometer pipeline will run near the southern end of the Dead Sea.

Earlier this year Jordan agreed to import gas for 15 years from Israel's Leviathan offshore natural gas field that has still to go on line.

Jordan has been facing rising energy bills due to stoppage of gas supplies from Egypt. The country has been forced to use more expensive heavy fuel and diesel for power generation. 

Egypt gas supplies have stopped, having been falling sharply since sabotage attacks on the network in Egypt's Sinai region since 2011 and bottlenecks in the country's own domestic market.