A small addition to the flow from Russia, but it will help cushion Europe when Russia gets rambunctious, and having an income source that is only sometimes interrupted by jihadis will help Egypt as it heads into its next tens of millions of population increase.
[AlAhram] Egypt plans to use its position on Europe’s doorstep to become a major supplier to the continent, which is transitioning away from dirtier fossil fuels such as oil and coalEgypt plans to export its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a facility in Damietta to Europe, Spokesman for the Petroleum Ministry Hamdy Abdel-Aziz told MENA on Sunday.
The LNG Tanker Golar Glacier has arrived in Damietta port to ship the first experimental shipment from the facility that has been idle for eight years.
The return of Damietta’s facility and the country’s other plant, Idku — whose exports have picked up after dropping last year amid the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic — will mark the revival of Egypt’s LNG push.
The country will become one of the top 10 LNG exporters once it reaches full capacity, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.