埃及最早将于明年3月接收以色列的首批天然气温度阀

中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博社10月8日开罗报道，根据一项价值150亿美元的协议，埃及最早将于3月开始从以色列进口天然气，只要连接地中海邻国的海底管道状况良好，埃琉璃瓦及就能更接近成为能源出口中心的目标。

埃及天然气管道的主要合作伙伴East Gas公司的首席执行长Mohammed Shoeib表示，天然气供应将在2019年第一季度起从1亿标准立方英尺/日起步，然后逐步增加到7亿标准立方英尺/日。

East Ga洛阳s公司和开发以色列最大天然气田的公司上个月同意收购东地中海天然气有限公司(East Mediterranean Gas Co.) 39%的股权，东地中海天然气有限公司拥有连接以色列南部和埃及西奈半岛的天然气管道，从而扫清了2月份签署的10年出口合同的主要法律障碍。

另外，East Gas公司还与MGPC达成协议，再收购MGPC9%的股份。

EMG管道最初是用来向以色列出口埃及天然气的，但已经闲置了近6年。

蔡小全 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Egypt to receive first Israeli gas as early as March

Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel under a $15-billion deal as early as March if an undersea pipeline connecting the Mediterranean neighbors is found to be in good condition, moving the country closer to its goal of becoming an energy-exporting hub.

Mohammed Shoeib, chief executive officer of East Gas Co., a major Egyptian partner in the pipeline, said supplies would begin at 100 MMscfd in the first quarter of 2019 and gradually rise to a maximum of 700 MMscfd.

East Gas and the companies developing Israel’s largest natural gas fields agreed last month to buy 39% of the East Mediterranean Gas Co., which owns the pipeline connecting southern Israel to Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, clearing the main legal obstacle to the 10-year export contract signed in February.

The EMG pipeline was originally built to export Egyptian gas to Israel, but has been idle for about six years.