Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 6

07-February-2005

EGYPT

BG Set To Bring Forward Start Dates For ELNG Trains 1 And 2

BG is set to announce in mid-February that it has brought forward the start dates for its two-train Egyptian LNG plant at Idku, MEES understands. In January, Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy announced that Train 1 would come on-stream in March, while Train 2 would start up by the end of the year, according to a 20 January report in al-Ahram. Train 1 of the project was due...