Egypt on Friday resumed its gas exports to Jordan after a 45-day stoppage due to an attack on a pipeline near the Sinai town of al-Arish, dpa quoted the Energy Minister Khalid Touqan as saying. Since the April 27 blast, Jordan has been forced to incur extra costs associated with using heavy fuel to run its electricity generating plants. Under an agreement signed in 2001, Jordan receives gas supplies from Egypt through the so-called Arab gas pipeline, which travels northward to supply Syria and Lebanon and, later, Turkey. Over the past few weeks, Jordan and Egypt have conducted negotiations that could lead to a revision of prices for gas supplied to Amman by Cairo.
