Caretaker Finance Minister Raya Hassan refuted the claims of caretaker Energy and Water Minister Jibran Bassil that she had refused to pay the bills of Egyptian gas which Lebanon receives.
The big news on the horizon at Premier Oil Plc will come out of Egypt.''We continue to look forward to results from the Cherry prospect in 20 to 30 days (4% upside, 0.5% downside),'' says the analyst team.
Unknown attackers attempted to blow up an Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan on March 27, but the explosives failed to detonate, a security official said.
East Mediterranean Gas (EMG), which supplies Egyptian natural gas to Israel and other Middle East countries, does not see any justification for amending the terms of its contract with the Egyptian government to negotiate a higher price, said an EMG stakeholder.
Gas deliveries from Egypt to Israel have reached 90% of volumes prior to the cutoff on February 5 and will continue to ramp up this week, said Israeli energy industry sources.
Eng. Abdallah Ghorab, Minister of Petroleum, appointed Eng. Hany Dahy, former Chairman of Enppi, as the Chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).