FSRUs coming online: Egypt’s two recently-acquired floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) will begin operations sequentially starting today, after their connection to the national grid was previously delayed, a government source told EnterpriseAM. Only two out of six monthly LNG shipments needed to secure the energy supply were postponed due to the delayed FSRUs.

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REMEMBER- The two FSRUs were expected to go online and begin feeding the national grid this week, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said last week. Once they come online, the Energos Eskimo and Energos Power will each add 750 mn cubic feet per day (mcf/d) to the country’s regasification capacity.

No electricity disruption: The energy demand was met through mazut shipments to operate power stations until regasification vessels are fully operational.

Egypt’s LNG imports held steady this month despite peak summer electricity demand, according to Bloomberg shipping data. “The delay in installing the FSRUs has meant Egypt has been unable to ramp-up LNG imports. Imports over the first six months of 2025 of 2.41 mn tons were flat with 2H 2024 levels,” according to industry publication Middle East Economic Survey (Mees).

Waiting to ramp up: The FRSU units — along with the incoming 450 mcf/d Energos Winter — will support the country’s incoming 160 LNG deliveries from companies including Saudi Aramco, Trafigura Group, Vitol Group, Hartree Partners LP, and BGN

We need things to move fast: The country is facing a gas shortfall of about 2.5 bcf/d as local production and pipeline imports from Israel fall short of the 6.5 bcf/d needed to meet peak demand.

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