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Jordan using diesel to generate power
[Ma'an] Jordan's national electricity company is using diesel to generate power after the country's gas supply from Egypt was cut off by an kaboom on Saturday, Jordanian media said.A blast at a terminal in the northern Sinai disrupted pipelines supplying Jordan with gas. Power company director Ghalib Al-Ma'abra said diesel and other heavy-duty fuels were being used to generate electricity, Jordanian state news agency Petra reported. Al-Ma'abra said the company's fuel reserve would be sufficient to run the power station for three weeks, but Egyptian officials estimated the pipeline would be fixed in one week, he told Petra. He said changing generators to run from gas to diesel would cost the company around 3 million Jordanian Dinars (around $4.2 million) per day. Jordan has been dependent on Egyptian gas to generate 80 percent of its electricity supply over the past three years. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-06 |
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