Negotiations about a Canadian exploration project in Jordan have been going on for more than a year.
- Canada and Jordan are currently negotiating what could be "the biggest single economic project in Jordan," Jordanian King Abdullah II said Tuesday.
Although he did not go into details, one aide - who declined to be identified - suggested the project would be a multi-billion dollar oil extraction operation.
Canada has one of the world`s most advanced land-based oil industries and has managed to export the technological know-how it has developed in the oilfields of Alberta.
Negotiations about the Canadian project in Jordan have been going on for more than a year, according to another official who also declined to be identified.
That official said a final agreement involving both the Canadian government and a consortium of Alberta-based oil companies could be announced "within weeks." After a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, King Abdullah told reporters that Canada-Jordan bilateral relations were excellent and the two countries were "now breaking new barriers on the economic front." Referring to another meeting Tuesday between his officials and Canadian government officials and industrial leaders, the king added: "We are hoping for the biggest single economic project in Jordan." Neither he nor Chretien offered any more details.
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