VOL. XLVI

No 2

13-January-2003

GENERAL

Energy Ministers Formalize Arab Gas Pipeline Institutions

Energy Ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon met in Cairo on 3-4 January to sign a draft agreement formalizing the arrangements for an Arab Gas Authority (AGA) and Arab Company for Gas Transport and Marketing (AGTM). The two new bodies will coordinate the $1bn Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP), whose first al-'Arish-'Aqaba segment is due to be completed in April (MEES, 23 April 2001). The AGA, based in...