Abstract
This paper presents a study which analyzes the energy security in Jordan in light of several regional conflicts for the period (1960–2011). We apply an event study method to assess the direct and indirect effects of six regional conflicts on the energy sector in Jordan based on a proposed energy security framework developed from an infusion of frameworks found in literature. The conflicts include the six days war, Lebanese civil war, Iraq-Iran war, First Gulf war, Iraq Invasion, and Egyptian revolution. It was found that the energy sector in Jordan is too sensitive to the regional conflicts due to the lack of diversity of energy suppliers throughout the period of study. Other aspects taken into consideration included strategic storage adequacy, supply chain protection, economic integration, energy demands and prices. The study concludes with a proposed energy policy aiming the reduction of those effects.
Highlights
The term “Energy Security” has become more significant in political, economic and scientific discussions in the recent years (Ragulina et al, 2019)
This paper aims at studying the direct and indirect effects of regional conflicts on the Energy Security in Jordan
Due to the high dependency on the importing energy, the energy sector in Jordan is too sensitive to the regional conflicts
Summary
The term “Energy Security” has become more significant in political, economic and scientific discussions in the recent years (Ragulina et al, 2019). The main argument of this paper is that Jordanian Energy sector is too sensitive to the regional geopolitics, and what increased this sensitivity was the Jordan dependency mainly on a single energy supplier at most times. To examine this hypothesis, an energy security framework will be developed for Jordan based on the literature, the impact of each conflict on Jordanian energy security will be analyzed using a comparative approach between the status before and after the conflict in relevance to this framework. The learned lessons of those conflicts effects are reviewed to suggest policies adaptable to the repeating energy challenges
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