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Jordan has modest reserves of natural gas, 230 billion cubic feet (bcf), and has developed one gas field, at Risha in the eastern desert near the border with Iraq.  The current output of around 35 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) from the Risha field is used to fuel one nearby power plant, which generates less than 10% of Jordan's electricity.

In August 2003, Jordan began imports of natural gas from Egypt. In May 2001, a 30-year agreement had been concluded with Egypt for gas sales to begin at a rate of 100 Mmcf/d beginning in 2003. Construction of the section of the pipeline in Egypt began in late 2001, starting from the existing pipeline terminus at El-Arish in Sinai. This section was completed in mid-2003, allowing deliveries to the Aqaba thermal power plant.

Currently 5 electricity generating stations in Jordan work fully or partially on natural gas. The Aqaba Thermal Power station, the biggest in the country was transferred to natural gas in 2004. In 2005 the Rehab station in the north-east was converted with a capacity of 360 MW. One natural gas unit in Samra plant started operation in 2005 with 100 MW, four out of seven units in Hussein station with a capacity of 60 MW each and two units in south Amman with a capacity of 30 MW each. It has been estimated by the Ministry of Energy that the transfer to natural gas has saved 165 million US $ in 2005.

 Neighboring Arab countries also have been discussing the potential of extending the Egypt-Jordan pipeline and increasing its capacity - dubbed the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) project. The extensions under discussion have included a link to Syria and Lebanon, an extension to Turkey, and a sub-sea pipeline from Lebanon to Cyprus.

Many industries and services in Jordan have been converting from fuel to natural gas. This shift is a strategic objective in the Jordanian Energy Policy and is expected to continue in the coming decade.