Egyptian, Jordanian energy ministers stress importance of natural gas

STORY: Egyptian, Jordanian energy ministers stress importance of natural gas DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of COP27 2. various of Egyptian, Jordanian energy ministers meeting (by courtesy of Egyptian Petroleum Ministry) STORYLINE: Natural gas remains an ideal transitional fuel for Egypt and Jordan, their energy ministers said on the sidelines of the UN climate conference on Tuesday. During a meeting held in Sharm El-Sheikh, where the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is held, the two ministers discussed ways to enhance Egypt-Jordan cooperation in the natural gas sector. Egypt's Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Tarek El-Molla affirmed that Egypt adopts natural gas as a clean transitional fuel to meet the need of both domestic and regional markets. For his part, Jordan's Minister of Energy Saleh Kharabsheh said that natural gas is the i