Egypt Signs With Trafigura for More LNG Imports

摘要

Egypt's petroleum ministry announced Thursday that it signed a deal with Swissbased Trafigura for the supply of 33 LNG cargoes over 2015-16. Egyptian officials are also currently negotiating with Russia's Gazprom over a similar supply deal after securing a deal with Algeria (IOD Dec.5'14). The agreement is part of a broader tender issued by state Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. last December to four international firms to provide 75 shipments of LNG, the statement said. Royal Dutch Shell, BP, BG and Trafigura were in the running, International Oil Daily sister publication World Gas Intelligence reported at the time (WGI Dec.3'14).