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The Arab Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the Middle East. It originates near Arish in the Sinai Peninsula and was built to export Egyptian natural gas to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, with branch underwater and overland pipelines to and from Israel. It has a total length of 1,200 kilometres (750 mi), constructed at a cost of US$1.2 billion.
Lebanon's efforts to diversify its energy sources have included the use of natural gas. The Arab Gas Pipeline, which began operations in Lebanon in 2009, supplies Egyptian natural gas to the Deir Ammar power station, although this supply has been inconsistent due to regional geopolitical issues. [27]
The primary source is located in the eastern portion of the country at the Risha gas field. In the past, the country imported the bulk of its natural gas via the Arab Gas Pipeline that stretches from the Al Arish terminal in Egypt underwater to Al Aqabah and then to northern Jordan, where it links to two major power stations. This Egypt ...
Natural gas is exported by the Arab Gas Pipeline to the Middle East and in the future potentially to Europe. When completed, it will have a total length of 1,200 kilometres (750 mi). [13] Natural gas is also exported as liquefied natural gas (LNG), produced at the plants of Egyptian LNG and SEGAS LNG. [14]
Greenstream pipeline, from Libya to Italy, part of the Western Libyan Gas Project. Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, from Algeria; Tanger, Morocco; Tarifa, Spain. Medgaz, from Algeria to Almeria, Spain. Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline, from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily and thence to mainland Italy. Planned pipeline for gas transport from Africa: GALSI ...
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Al Qatrana power plant (Qatrana power plant) is a natural gas-fired power plant in Al Qatrana, 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Amman, Jordan. The generating capacity of the power plant is 373 MW. [1] Natural gas to the plant is supplied through the Arab Gas Pipeline. . [2]
A second option is the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) project. The proposed AGP pipeline would deliver gas from Iraq's Akkas field to Syria and then on to Lebanon and the Turkish border sometime in 2010, and then on to Europe. Other proposals have included building LNG exporting facilities in the Basra region.