AMMAN —
Prime Minister Bishr
Khasawneh on Wednesday inaugurated rehabilitated wells in Hamza
oil field in
Azraq district, which raised the field’s production quantities from five oil
barrels per day to between 1,500 to 2,000 barrels per day.
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The output of the first experimental phase of the development operations
amounted to about 52,000 barrels, which were supplied to the
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) in Zarqa, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
The premier expressed satisfaction
at this stage of the development work of Hamza field, which has been suspended
since 1989.
Khasawneh said the government seeks
to further utilize Hamza Field and tap other natural resources in the Kingdom,
according to Petra.
He was quoted as saying: "We
must exhaust all prospects to tap our potentials and national resources to
enhance the development process and self-reliance…."
Lauding efforts made by the national teams working in the field, he expressed
hope to increase operations to explore oil, gas and other resources.
Khasawneh said Jordan is on the threshold of the second phase of developing
existing oil wells.
The daily production of Hamza field of oil ranges from 1,500 to 2,000 barrels
per day, or 1.5 percent of the Kingdom's daily consumption, which reaches up to
about 135,000 barrels, the premier said.
According to Worldometers, Jordan ranks
75th in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about
0.1% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per
day.
Khasawneh
said Jordan "is still far away from achieving self-sufficiency in its oil
needs."
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