Lebanon, Syria, Egypt sign gas import agreement

Gas pipe [Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)]

Lebanon, Syria and Egypt on Tuesday agreed to ship 650 million cubic metres of natural gas per year from Egypt to Lebanon via Syria, part of a US-backed effort to address Lebanon's crippling blackouts with electricity and gas transfers, Reuters reports. The deal, signed at a ceremony at the Lebanese Energy Ministry in Beirut, would see gas piped to Lebanon's northern Deir Ammar power plant, where it could add some 450 megawatts, or around four extra hours of power per day to the grid. It still requires the approval of the World Bank, which has pledged financing, and the United States for compliance with its Syria sanctions regime, Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister, Walid Fayad, told Reuters. Fayad announced the agreement, […] Source

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