Investment Opportunities in Energy and Mineral Resources Sectors
Jordan is considered rich in mineral resources; some of them were exploited, exported and also consumed in the domestic manufacture of fertilizers such as phosphate and potash. Meanwhile, limestone also exploited and exported. The other mineral resources, such as silica sand, feldspar and kaolin ….etc. were still not exploited in a large scale, therefore, the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Resources identified the mineral resources with potential investment opportunities, which are located largely in the eastern and southern parts of Jordan. These include the development and production of basalt, feldspar, kaolin, limestone for cement, and also silica sand, volcanic tuff, and zeolites.
According to the National Energy Strategy, covering Jordan's energy requirements from 2015-2025, Jordan needs to increase its energy supply security and reduce its dependence on external energy sources by leveraging national resources such as renewable energy and oil shale. The energy strategy aims to increase the contribution of oil shale sources to 10% by 2025 while reducing of imported energy sources.
Oil shale exploitation and through attracting national and international investments in this field is considered a long term strategic decision in meeting the energy demand from indigenous resources.
The geographical location of Jordan on the solar belt of the world, the solar energy potential in Jordan is enormous. Actually, Jordan is acknowledged on the regional and international levels as one of the leading countries in promoting renewable energy and transition towards sustainable energy systems, where we had a significant boom after the year 2015 with the implementation of utility scale solar and wind projects. By the end of 2022, the share of renewable energy installed capacity had risen to around (38%) with (2.58) GW; including (1.97) GW of solar PV projects and (0.61) GW of wind projects contributed in more than 27% of the electricity generation. As well as the abundance of RE resources in Jordan together with its location in the middle of the MENA region, can position Jordan as a promising site for the production of Green Energy in its various forms (Green Electricity and Green Hydrogen) and even as a regional Hub for green energy exchange.
Regarding to the oil and gas Exploration, Jordan has not been explored yet. Therefore, in order to encourage the international companies to invest in this sector, Jordan was divided into eleven exploratory Blocks depending on the geological characteristics of each region and the petroleum potential, and volume of information available.
Based on foregoing, Project Management Unit through the investment and marketing division has plans to promote the investment opportunities in the following sectors:
Mineral Resources
Renewable Energy
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Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources: memr@memr.gov.jo