据管道新闻网9月9日消息称,东地中海天然气(EMG)管道运营商周日表示,该公司签署了一项协议,将使用以色列欧亚管道公司(EAPC)的一个终端向埃及出口天然气。
在以色列与埃及达成一项具有里程碑意义的150亿美元出口协议之前,这一管道协议是以色列向埃及出售天然气的最后障碍之一。
这些天然气产自地中海东部的油田,将通过EMG的海底管道供应,该管道连接以色列沿海城市阿什克伦和埃及西奈半岛的阿里什。但首先,天然气必须通过位于阿什克伦的EAPC国营终端。
两家公司表示,根据新的协议,EMG将根据天然气供应量向EAPC支付未披露的金额,EMG将在出口协议期间运营和维护该终端。
以色列的德勒勘探公司和总部位于德克萨斯州的诺布尔能源公司作为以色列两个大型天然气田的合作伙伴,已与埃及的一个客户签署了销售640亿立方米(2.26万亿立方英尺)天然气的协议,并购买EMG股票以促进此项交易。
EMG的其他股东包括泰国能源公司PTT和埃及国有公司EGPC。
曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网
原文如下:
Pipeline Operator EMG Signs Terminal Deal for Israel-Egypt Gas Exports
The East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline operator signed a deal to use a terminal belonging to Israel’s Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) for the export of natural gas to Egypt, the companies said on Sunday.
The pipeline arrangement was one of the final hurdles before Israel could begin selling gas to Egypt in a landmark $15 billion export deal.
The gas, produced from fields in the eastern Mediterranean, will be supplied via EMG’s subsea pipeline that connects the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon and El-Arish in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula. But first the gas must pass through state-run EAPC’s terminal in Ashkelon.
Under the new agreement, EMG will pay EAPC an undisclosed amount, depending on how much gas is supplied, and EMG will operate and maintain the terminal for the duration of the export deal, the companies said.
Israel’s Delek Drilling and Texas-based Noble Energy, who as partners in two big Israeli gas fields have signed with a customer in Egypt to sell 64 billion cubic meters (2.26 trillion cubic feet) of gas, have bought into EMG to facilitate the deal.
Other shareholders in EMG include Thai energy company PTT and state-owned Egyptian company EGPC.