Egypt to resume gas exports to Jordan by early 2019

Egypt will resume gas exports to Jordan by early 2019, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla told his Jordanian counterpart Saleh Kharabsheh, according to Petra News Agency. The minister’s announcement comes as EGAS and state energy firm Enppi signed a USD 13 mn agreement to build a 17 km steel pipeline for the Jordanian-Egyptian Fajr for Natural Gas Transport and Supply, Al Borsa reports. Construction will begin this year and is slated for completion by 2020. El Molla had hinted last month that Egypt was gearing up to resume sales to Jordan, which were called off after the events of 2011.