While Syria says the Arab Gas Pipeline on its territory is set and ready, Egypt announces that it is ready to export natural gas to Lebanon in the first quarter of 2022.
Syria’s Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Bassam Tohme revealed that the Arab Gas Pipeline inside Syria is ready to pump natural gas from Egypt into Lebanon.
In an interview with Syria TV, Tohme said, “The Arab Gas Pipeline inside Syria is 100 percent ready. Everything hinges now on a trade agreement between Lebanon and Egypt, pending the signing of a transit agreement with Syria.”
The senior official added that the larger the quantity transferred through the Arab line, the greater the benefit of Syria, but it would remain insufficient to fill the country’s deficit.
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek el-Molla, expected his country to start exporting natural gas to Lebanon by the first quarter of 2022.