Egypt to receive first LNG cargo

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Egypt will receive its first LNG cargo by the end of March,according to oil minister Sherif Ismail.The 170,000m3 Hoegh Gallant floating storage and regasification unit(FSRU)should be in place by the end of this month, when it will receive its inaugural cargo.State-owned Egas has secured 55 cargoes from Algerian state-owned Sonatrach,European trading firms Vitol and Trafigura and Hong Kong-based Noble,which will be processed at the 3.65mn t/yr FSRU(WPA,7 November,p9).