Israel’s Delek Drilling and the US’ Noble Energy signed $15 billion agreement on February 19 to sell a total of 64 billion cubic metres of gas over a 10-year period to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings from Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan reservoirs, an agreement that Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi said has a lot of advantages for Egyptians.
AP quoted Sissi as saying on February 21 that Egypt "scored a goal” by signing the deal that will help turn the Arab world’s most populous country into a regional energy hub.
The Egyptian government was not directly involved in the deal, however, but "provided several things to … achieve this deal,” the news agency quoted the Egyptian president as saying. "By making this decision, we scored a big goal.”
Delek Drilling CEO Yossi Abu called the deal "great news” for both countries. "I think that the main thing is that Egypt is becoming a real gas hub of the region,” he said.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/egypt-inks-15-billion-gas-supply-deal-israeli-company/
