The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) confirmed that five out of the 21 liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments contracted to meet the fuel needs of power plants and implement the plan to end electricity load shedding during the third week of July have arrived. Each shipment carries approximately 155,000 cubic meters of LNG.

The shipments were received on the regasification ship currently located at the Suez Canal Petroleum Company (SUMED) terminal in Ain Sokhna and the regasification ship located at Aqaba Port. The remaining contracted shipments will arrive successively according to the agreed-upon schedule for receiving the shipments.