Trowers & Hamlins advises Jordan

Together with Navigant, Mapstone and Tractebel Engineering, international law firm Trowers & Hamlins is pleased to have advised the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Jordan on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement with Royal Dutch Shell.  The agreement, signed on 21 January 2015, guarantees a five-year supply of LNG to the Kingdom and over the term has a value of several billion dollars.

This deal follows an agreement signed by the Jordanian government in July 2013 to lease a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) from Golar LNG Limited, which is moored in a purpose-built structure near the Red Sea port of Aqaba. 

From July 2015, Royal Dutch Shell will supply 150 million cubic feet of LNG per day to the terminal in Aqaba.  This LNG will cover around 25 per cent of the National Electric Power Company's daily needs for power generation.  

Trowers & Hamlins has worked closely with the Jordanian government since 2012 to assist in the implementation of the Kingdom's LNG import strategy.