Second phase of gas pipeline to be launched next week

[DuctapeFatwa]

Jordanian, Egyptian and Syrian prime ministers are due to meet in Jordan next week to launch the second phase of an inter-regional gas pipeline linking the three countries and Lebanon before reaching Europe.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Azmi Khreisat told The Jordan Times that the Lebanese prime minister is also expected to attend the agreement-signing ceremony.

The second phase extends over 370 kilometres from the southern port city of Aqaba to the Rehab Power Plant in the northern part of the Kingdom, he said.

Khreisat estimated the cost at around $270 million indicating that the work will be carried out by an Egyptian consortium, grouping Egypt Holding Gas Company, GASCO, Petrojet and Emppi. The consortium won a tender last year to extend the second phase of the gas pipeline.

http://www.syrialive.net/financial/2004/012404Second%20phase%20of%20gas%20pipeline%20to%20be%20launched%20next%20week.htm

[Bonobo]

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