Egyptian-regasified natural gas has started heading to Lebanon and Syria under separate agreements signed with both sides over the past few weeks, a government source tells EnterpriseAM. We’re delivering some 50 mcf / d of gas to each of the countries through the Arab Gas Pipeline and supplies will double during the winter months.

How it works: Egypt is receiving LNG cargoes on behalf of the two nations, regasifying it via the Energos Force floating storage and regasification unit, currently docked at Jordan’s Aqaba Port, and pushing it north. We already received one shipment last week and we’ll be getting a second 3.5 bcf shipment by the end of the month, our source said.

The gas itself isn’t tied to a single source: Volumes supplied through Egypt would likely come from a blend of sources, Ross Cassidy VP of Mena Research at Welligence Energy Analytics tells us. One possible contributor could be Qatar, which last year announced plans to supply Syria with 2 mn cubic meters of gas per day.

We may not be a net gas exporter — but we are still playing hub. Backing our hopes of becoming a regional energy hub is our position on key transit routes and our edge as one of the only players in the region with both liquefaction and regasification capacity.

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