CAIRO – 17 November 2021: Egypt will begin to export 60 to 65 million cubic feet of gas per day to Lebanon, according to statements by the Minister of Petroleum to Reuters on the sidelines of an oil and gas conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla expected the start of Egyptian gas supplies to Lebanon by 2022.
In his statements, El-Molla added that Egypt will supply gas in line with the quantity requested by Lebanon as soon as possible.
"We only do the due diligence and check the pipelines,” he noted.
In October, Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum announced Tuesday that his country will export natural gas to Lebanon in the coming weeks.
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