An agreement was reached to supply Syria with Egyptian gas before the end of this year, with Lebanon receiving gas from Egypt early next year, Oil Minister Samih Fahmi said. For his part, Syrian Oil Minister Sufiyan al-Aw said Syria and Iraq are considering the development of Okash gasfield on their joint borders in preparations for linking it to the Syrian gas grid. The Jordanian Minister of Energy Shrayidah said the ministers agreed in principle to increase the quantity of natural gas exported to his country to face increasing energy demands.
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Arab countries agree on a gas pipeline network
Wed, 19 September 2007
THE governments of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon have agreed to turn the Arab gas pipeline into an Arab network and have it linked to the European network after Iraq’s joining, the Egyptian oil minister said in mid-August. Samih Fahmi made his remarks during a meeting with Syrian Minister of Oil Sufiyan al-Aw, Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Shraydah, and Lebanese Acting Energy Minister Muhammad al-Safdi. Studies are under way on how to benefit from other gas resources in Iran and Russia to be pumped through this grid to increase economic revenues for participating countries, he pointed out.
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