Bahrain is getting ready for its first imports of the super-chilled fuel this year as the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating storage unit (FSU) has arrived in the Gulf and anchored in Fujairah on January 13.

Egypt intends to stop importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2017/2018, which ends late June 2018, according to Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla.

Egypt plans to offer a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import tender during the first quarter of 2018.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) is extending the timeline for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) tender by two days.

The Egyptian government is accelerating its efforts to lower natural-gas imports.

Egypt has received approximately 560,000 cubic feet (cf) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Jordan over four months through the floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) located near Aqaba.

Algeria’s Skikda liquified natural gas (LNG) export plant has come back on stream .

Qatar has witnessed a steep rise of 40% in its gas consumption over the last five years.

The Egyptian government decreased the oil and gas sector’s foreign debt to $3.2b, while budgeting $2.5b for LNG imports.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has said it requested EGP30 billion from the Finance Ministry for the 2015-2016 fiscal year to finance the purchase of liquefied natural gas.