据俄罗斯油气网1月14日开罗报道，埃及天然气将于今年2月正式开始输送到约旦，这是7年来的第一次。埃及政府表示，由于开罗推进其成为地区能源中心的计划，对约旦的天然气出口预计将逐渐恢复到以前的水平。

埃及石油部发言人哈姆迪·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹说：“恢复对约旦的出口是把埃及天然气输送到其他国家道路上迈出的重要一步。我们寄希望于我们的天然气回到国际市场为经济增长做出贡献。”

2012年，从西奈半岛北部阿里什到亚喀巴和以色列的天然气管道多次遭到轰炸，导致埃及对约旦的天然气出口中断。埃及天然气重返国际市场是该国的一个重大经济转变。过去两年，埃及天然气产量几乎翻了一番。

包括位于地中海的祖尔大气田在内的一系列发现推动了埃及天然气产量的上升。到2018年底，祖尔大气田的产量把埃及全国天然气日产量提高到了65亿立方英尺。

阿齐兹说，约旦将是埃及未来几年向包括意大利、西班牙和法国在内的多个欧洲国家出口天然气的第一个国家。他补充说，第二阶段的出口将包括其他欧洲国家，可能在2020年。

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

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In entering the European market, Egypt is expected to pose competition to Russian gas

Oil & Gas.RU. Egyptian natural gas is to officially begin flowing to Jordan in February for the 1st time in 7 years. Gas exports to Jordan were expected to gradually return to previous levels, the Egyptian government said, as Cairo advances its plan to become a regional energy hub.

?The resumption of exports to Jordan is a step on the road to sending Egyptian natural gas to other countries,? said Hamdi Abdel Aziz, Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum spokesman. Hamdi Abdel Aziz, ?We are pinning a lot of hope on the return of our gas to international markets to contribute to economic growth.?

Natural gas exports to Jordan stopped in 2012 when the pipeline carrying the gas from El Arish in North Sinai to Aqaba and Israel was bombed numerous times. The return of Egyptian gas to international markets is a major economic shift in a country that has, in the last 2 years, almost doubled its production.

The rise in production was propelled by a series of discoveries, including Zohr field under the Mediterranean. Production from Zohr raised total national production to 6.5 billion cubic feet a day at the end of 2018.

Abdel Aziz said Jordan would be the 1st in a list of countries, including Italy, Spain and France, that Egypt will export its natural gas to in the coming years. The 2nd export stage, he added, would include other European states, likely in 2020.