Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Qutaiba Abu Qura said that Jordan’s natural gas supplies from Egypt were not affected by the explosion that hit an Egyptian pipeline on Friday morning.

The pipeline which provides Jordan with Egyptian gas was not affected by the blast, which targeted an empty gas pipeline, the minister told Petra.

Friday's blast targeted the pipeline which supplies the main station in Al Midan area, about 60 kilometers west of the town of Al-Arish in the north of the Sinai peninsula.

The blast did not start a fire because gas was not flowing through the pipeline at the time due to repair work from the previous attack, the Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) said.



*Petra