Arab Gas Pipeline | |
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Location | |
Country | Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey |
General direction | south-north |
From | Arish |
Passes through | Aqaba, Amman, El Rehab, Deir Ali, Damascus, Baniyas, Aleppo |
To | Homs, Tripoli, (Kilis) |
General information | |
Type | natural gas |
Partners | EGAS ENPPI PETROGET GASCO SPC |
Commissioned | 2003 |
Technical information | |
Length | 1,200 km (750 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 10.3 billion cubic metres (360×10 9 cu ft) |
The Arab Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the Middle East. It originates near Arish in the Sinai Peninsula and was built to export Egyptian natural gas to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, with branch underwater and overland pipelines to and from Israel. It has a total length of 1,200 kilometres (750 mi), constructed at a cost of US$1.2 billion.[1]