Egypt has told Jordan that it will consider resuming natural gas transfers, according to Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Gouda.
Gouda told the state-run Petra news agency that he explained to Egyptian officials the economic burden of the halt in gas transfers, saying that it has cost Jordan US$3 billion over the past two years.
The pipeline carrying Egyptian natural gas to both Israel and Jordan was bombed 15 times by unknown attackers between February 2011 and July 2012. Egyptian gas transfers to Jordan have been interrupted several times over the past year and a half.
In December 2011, both Egypt and Jordan had agreed to amend prices of Egyptian gas exports. Jordan had previously used Egyptian supplies to meet 80 percent of its natural gas needs; it now relies on diesel fuel and petroleum as alternatives.
