As natural gas imports from Israel dry up and domestic production declines, Egypt is suffering from longer daily blackouts.
Egypt is suffering longer daily blackouts as domestic natural gas production declines and imports from Israel dry up, local media have reported. A government spokesman said in a Facebook post this weekend that the blackouts, which began in July this year due to a shortage of gas, will be extended because of higher consumption and “a decrease in the quantities of gas supplied from outside Egypt, from 800 million cubic feet of gas per day to zero,” as quoted by Mada Masr.
This is a big reason why the latest war in the Middle East had Europeans on edge with regard to gas, as prices surged immediately on the news about the Tamar shutdown. Israel is not a big supplier to Europe but it is a potentially important supplier with a view to supply diversification. Gas supply from Israel’s other large offshore field, Leviathan, are also not going to Egypt where they used to go. Instead, Chevron has rerouted the flow to the Arab Gas Pipeline that passes through Jordan.
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