Jordan, Egypt, Iraq Sign Gas Transport Agreements

Jordan, Egypt and Iraq sealed on Thursday two cooperation agreements in the field natural gas, Jordan’s Petra New Agency reported.

The first agreement deals with transferring natural gas through the Arab Gas Pipeline.

The second agreement requires connecting the import of liquefied natural gas project to the gas tube with a link up with the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the National Electricity Company on the one hand and the Jordanian Egyptian FAJR company for Natural Gas Transmission and Supply on the other, added Petra News Agency.

The agreements were signed by Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohamed Hamed, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sherif Ismail Mohamed, and Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi.

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