Officials of Cyprus and Egypt have signed an agreement supporting construction of a pipeline to carry natural gas from deepwater Aphrodite field off the island nation to Egypt, according to press reports.
Officials of Cyprus and Egypt have signed an agreement supporting construction of a pipeline to carry natural gas from deepwater Aphrodite field off the island nation to Egypt, according to press reports.
Cypriot Energy Minister Georgios Lakkotrypis and Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek el Molla signed the agreement, which envisions liquefaction of the gas in Egypt for export to Europe.
Also under discussion as an option for Aphrodite gas is the East Mediterranean proposal for a 2,100-m pipeline that also would carry gas from nearby Leviathan field offshore Israel through Greece to Italy (OGJ Online, Dec. 8, 2017).
