黎巴嫩希望恢复从埃及进口天然气

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社1月31日报道称，黎巴嫩能源部长周四在访问埃及后表示，黎巴嫩希望恢复从埃及进口天然气。

2011年推翻埃及领导人穆巴拉克的起义重创埃及经济后，埃及停止了天然气出口，但于去年年底恢复了天然气出口。

黎巴嫩能源部长哈利勒在一份声明中表示，黎巴嫩希望根据2009年与埃及达成的天然气供应合同恢复进口，但没有给出时间表。

黎巴嫩也希望自己开始生产天然气，由法国道达尔牵头的一个财团将于今年年底开始在黎巴嫩水域开采天然气。

近年来，埃及水域发现了一系列大型天然气田，其中包括地中海最大的天然气田Zohr。

徐蕾 摘译自 路透社

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Lebanon hopes to resume gas imports from Egypt

Lebanon hopes to resume natural gas imports from Egypt, its energy minister said on Thursday after a visit to Egypt.

Egypt stopped exporting gas after the 2011 uprising that unseated leader Hosni Mubarak hit its economy, but it resumed exports at the end of last year.

Lebanese energy minister Cesar Abi Khalil said in a statement that Lebanon hoped to resume imports under a gas supply contract with Egypt, agreed in 2009, but did not give a timeframe.

Lebanon is also hoping to start natural gas production itself and a consortium led by France's Total is due to begin drilling for natural gas in Lebanese waters by the end of the year.

A series of large natural gas discoveries were made in Egyptian waters in recent years, including the largest gas field in the Mediterranean, Zohr.