MIDDLE EAST GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENT NEEDED FOR VITAL SYRIA GAS PIPELINE TO REACH TURKEY
May 1st, 2007
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in DamascusA EUROPEAN Union (EU) sponsored gas cooperation centre working with the Syrian government has called for a review of the value of gas in the region and the completion of the much-vaunted Euro-Mashreq gas pipeline.The 1,300 kilometre 36-inch gas pipeline, which will link Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and eventually Europe, is 60% complete.With one kilometre of pipe being laid a day the pipeline, which currently extends from Egypt through Jordan to Syria, has reached the outskirts of Homs in central Syria.However, no contract or ...
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