Egypt, Jordan sign agreement to establish natural gas pipeline network

CAIRO- 31 October 2024: Egypt Gas and the Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) signed an agreement to implement a project to supply the Quweira Industrial City in Aqaba with natural gas, Reuters reported on Wednesday. 

As per the agreement, both sides will establish a natural gas pipeline network and “the necessary infrastructure for control, operation, and public safety systems,” the agency quoted the company’s statement.

Already, Egypt and Jordan has the joint Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP), which started in late 1990 planning for the extension of 1,200 kilometers of the Arab gas pipeline that aims at delivering Egyptian gas to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

AGP was implemented in three phases, starting from Al-Arish to Aqaba, with a length of 265 km and a capacity of 10 billion m3 annually. The supply of natural gas from Egypt to Jordan under this phase began in mid-2003.

The second phase extended from Aqaba to the Rehab area in northern Jordan with a length of 393 km. The supply of gas to power plants in the north of the Hashemite Kingdom began in February 2006, while the second phase from Rehab to the Jordan-Syria border was completed with a length of 30 km in March 2008.

The southern part of the third phase was implemented inside the Syrian territory, extending from the Jordanian-Syrian border to the city of Homs with a length of 320 km and was put into operation in July 2008.