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Oil & Gas Regulations in Egypt:
Fundamentals legal aspects for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Egypt is considered as one of the two countries in North Africa - along with Algeria - that have a hub of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure. Egypt used to have both LNG importing and exporting facilities; however, the country recently gave up on one of its importing facilities in its way to gain back its position as an LNG exporting hub. Egypt has two LNG plants that include a total of three LNG trains, with combined capacity of around 610
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billion cubic feet per year (or 12.7 million tons per year).
in liquefied natural gas on both the
The main producers or exporters of LNG having liquefaction, storage and export facilities are the Spanish Egyptian Gas Company (SEGAS) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Complex in Damietta, Northern Egypt.
EGAS and EGPC are also a significant
Egyptian Liquefied Natural Gas (ELNG) sponsored with diversity of the mega up-streamers; Shell, Petronas and Total. ELNG is considered one of the most renowned companies specialized
to export the Egyptian LNG to Europe,
Egyptian
and
international
levels.
equity shareholders in these LNG projects. The plant is a two-train facility on the Mediterranean coast with a capacity of 10 billion cubic meter per year (bcm/y) Asia Pacific and the US. ELNG acts as a tolling facility with the upstream suppliers paying processing fees for the liquefaction service. The ELNG
