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Egypt should axe its plans to export natural gas and instead ensure its domestic needs will be met for the years to come<\/strong>, Hussein Abd Rabbo writes in amateur analysis at Al Borsa<\/a>. Previous governments made the mistake of exporting natural gas without a plan until they turned the country to a net importer, he writes. He advises both caution and thoroughness, urging the government to ensure that its plans to turn Egypt into an energy hub are sustainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt should axe its plans to export natural gas and instead ensure its domestic needs will be met for the years to come, Hussein Abd Rabbo writes in amateur analysis at Al Borsa. Previous governments made the mistake of exporting natural gas without a plan until they turned the country to a net importer, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-632590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"64bab8fe-0391-403a-a1ef-5abb026bc8f4","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[632564],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt should axe its plans to export natural gas - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/02\/14\/egypt-should-axe-its-plans-to-export-natural-gas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt should axe its plans to export natural gas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egypt should axe its plans to export natural gas and instead ensure its domestic needs will be met for the years to come, Hussein Abd Rabbo writes in amateur analysis at Al Borsa. 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