JORDAN From: APS Review Downstream Trends | Date: January 22, 1990 | COPYRIGHT 1990 Input Solutions. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Like North Yemen, Jordan has only one refining venture. Currently producing about 70,000 b/d, the Zarqa refinery is owned and operated by the Jordan Petroleum Refining Company (Jopetrol). Having undergone three expansions already, this plant would not need any new extensions but will require about $50 million worth of renovation in the 1990s.

Located north of Amman, the refinery came on stream in 1961 but it underwent three expansions by 1980. (Originally it was producing abo...

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