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Up until the present, Jordan has relied almost exclusively on imported petroleum for its primary energy requirenmnts. Encouraged by emerging technologies and recent fossil fuel discoveries, Jordanians are _riously examining exploitation of their own indigenous energy resources to meet proje_ted mid-and long-term power requirements. These resources include (1) lX_tentially signific,'mt amounts of natural gas and some crude oil (tx_th only recently discovered and not yet adequately quantified); (2) large ()ii shale deposits in at least four sites; and, to a lesser extent, (3) renewable energy forms, including wind, sun, and biomass. Planning for future capacity expansion in the power sector is particularly difficult in Jordan because of uncertainties about the extent of its oil and gas reserves, the costs of exploiting its large ()ii shale reserves, and the future price of petmleun-_.

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