LEBANON - Egypt has begun supplying approximately 50 million cubic feet per day of natural gas to Lebanon through the Arab Gas Pipeline, just days after starting similar deliveries to Syria.

A senior Egyptian government source stated that agreements concluded by Cairo with Damascus and Beirut aim to provide gas for electricity generation during the winter months, with the total supplied volume reaching about 100 million cubic feet per day.

Egypt imports shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on behalf of both countries, which are offloaded via a floating regasification vessel in the Jordanian port of Aqaba. Egypt covers the vessel rental costs, while Syria and Lebanon pay for the gas, in coordination with the United States.

This comes after Egypt signed two memorandums of understanding with Syria last week to supply gas and petroleum products, in an effort to address Syria’s severe electricity deficit, which exceeds 80% of its needs.

The source also revealed that Egypt renewed the lease of the regasification vessel in Aqaba for an additional six months, including paying transit fees to Jordan.