Jordanian premier confers with Algerian minister

The Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb on Wednesday discussed with the Algerian minister of energy and mines, Khalil Shakib, currently visiting Jordan means of developing relations between the two states especially in the sectors of energy and mines.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed, in the presence of the Jordanian minister of mineral resources and energy Muhammad al-Bateyneh the possibility of developing oil and gas exploration on developed scientific grounds or the possibility of developing the transportation and distribution and marketing it to Jordan or benefiting from the Algerian experience in this regard, as Algeria had similar projects in Southern America, Spain and Yemen.

Sources at the Jordanian ministry of energy and mineral resources said that a Jordanian- Algerian technical committee was formed with the task of discussing fields of cooperation in the area of gas pipeline and oil and drawing explanatory studies in the gas sector in Jordan.