Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 38

21-Sep-2009

REGIONAL

Egyptian And Syrian Companies Sign Gas Swap Agreement To Supply Lebanon

Syrias General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) on 9 September signed with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) a gas swap and transit agreement to facilitate the flow of gas to Lebanon via the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP). Under the agreement, 600mn cu ms/year of Egyptian gas will be delivered to Syria at its...