Iranian Ship Linked to Houthi Attacks Heads Home Amid Tensions
(Bloomberg) — An Iranian ship that’s been linked to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea is returning home, removing a prominent asset in the area as the Islamic Republic braces...
Qatar allocated the LNG shipments to Egypt to “help mitigate the impact of the fuel crisis,” QNA said.
Egyptian port facilities are not equipped to import LNG, but the cargoes will allow Egypt to devote more of its own supply to its domestic market.
According to talks held last month, the shipments will likely be signed over to the foreign partners in Egyptian export plants, GDF Suez and BG Group, as compensation for declining exports.
The Al Mafyar LNG tanker, which belongs to Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) left Qatar’s Ras Laffan terminal on Thursday, QNA reported.
The Al Mafyar is a 260,000-cubic metre capacity LNG tanker that usually supplies Europe with LNG.
The gas shipments will help Egypt get through a hot summer when energy consumption usually rises and the country faces frequent power cuts.
In April, the then Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, said the gas-rich Gulf state would extend gas supplies to Egypt this summer as needed.
(c) 2013 Thomson Reuters
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