{"id":641899,"date":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/01\/egas-grants-three-companies-preliminary-approval-to-import-gas\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","slug":"egas-grants-three-companies-preliminary-approval-to-import-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/01\/egas-grants-three-companies-preliminary-approval-to-import-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"EGAS grants three companies preliminary approval to import gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EGAS has granted three unnamed companies preliminary approvals on their requests to import natural gas privately and pump it through the national pipeline network, said EGAS Vice Chairman Amira El Mazni, <a href=\"https:\/\/alborsanews.com\/2017\/07\/31\/1041032\">according to Al Borsa<\/a>. Five companies <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2016\/10\/04\/five-companies-join-bid-to-import-natural-gas-privately\/\">had bid to import natural gas<\/a> privately, including Dolphinus Holdings \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/03\/21\/dolphinus-in-talks-to-import-gas-from-israels-tamar-field\/\">rumored to have been in talks<\/a> to import gas from Israel\u2019s Tamar gas field \u2014 and TAQA Arabia. Licenses to import gas will come once the Ismail cabinet approves the executive regulations of the Natural Gas Act. The<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/07\/09\/on-the-horizon-154\/\">regs are expected to be completed<\/a> by September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EGAS has granted three unnamed companies preliminary approvals on their requests to import natural gas privately and pump it through the national pipeline network, said EGAS Vice Chairman Amira El Mazni, according to Al Borsa. 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