Cairo Lukewarm on Cypriot Gas After Eni Strike

摘要

Egyptian plans to receive Cypriot gas look uncertain after Cairo shelved a tender for a subsea pipeline linking the Aphrodite gas field offshore the Mediterranean island to its liquefaction plant at Idku. Egypt's 30 trillion cubic foot Zohr gas find may have changed the parameters for potential imports of East Mediterranean gas from Cyprus and Israel, industry sources say (IOD Sep.1'15).