The specialized energy news platform Energy revealed that Syria and Lebanon are not importing Egyptian gas, dismissing as inaccurate recent reports claiming that Egyptian gas began flowing to the two countries last week.
The platform denied information published by the U.S. news agency Bloomberg, which reported that Egypt had started pumping 50 million cubic feet per day of Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria.
Bloomberg also claimed that the quantities reaching Syria since early last week involved Cairo covering the cost of leasing a regasification unit (converting liquefied gas back into gaseous form), while Damascus and Beirut would bear the cost of the shipments, in cooperation with the United States.
No operational evidence
Sources from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan told Energy, according to a report published on Monday, 12 January, that talk of Egyptian gas actually reaching either country is not based on operational facts. They cited ongoing technical challenges, infrastructure rehabilitation needs, and discrepancies in officially announced supply routes.
Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources clarified to Energy that the gas that recently reached Syria originated from a regasification vessel at the port of Aqaba.
This statement officially confirms that the gas supplied to Syria is not Egyptian.
The denial comes as Syria’s Ministry of Energy announced the signing of two memoranda of understanding with Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in the fields of gas and petroleum derivatives, as part of efforts to develop Arab cooperation in the energy sector.
According to a statement published by Syria’s Ministry of Energy on 5 January, the first memorandum aims to cooperate on supplying natural gas to support electricity generation in Syria, making use of available technical capabilities and infrastructure. The second memorandum focuses on cooperation in petroleum derivatives to meet Syria’s energy sector needs.
Egyptian gas to Lebanon
A senior source at Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources told Energy that Egypt has not begun exporting gas to Lebanon via Syria.
For its part, Lebanon’s Ministry of Energy and Water stressed that claims about the flow of Egyptian gas to Lebanon are entirely false, confirming that the country has not started any actual imports through this route, according to the platform.
Based on Energy estimates, the Egyptian gas file remains at the level of contractual and technical arrangements, without moving into the implementation phase.
Sources added that circulating inaccurate news about Egyptian gas disrupts local markets and creates unrealistic expectations among citizens, at a time when Lebanon is already suffering from a chronic electricity crisis that requires carefully planned solutions.
They emphasized that coordination between Lebanon and Egypt is ongoing, but this does not mean imports will start immediately, especially as technical and financing procedures are still under discussion among the relevant parties.
The sources concluded that linking Lebanon’s electricity situation to the arrival of Egyptian gas at this stage is misleading, stressing the need to distinguish between signed agreements and actual implementation on the ground.
Gas exports from Jordan to Syria
Director of Media at Syria’s Ministry of Energy, Abdulhamid Sallat, confirmed that the gas recently delivered to Syria comes under an agreement originally signed with Jordan.
He said the supplied gas is not Jordanian, but arrives via a regasification vessel at the port of Aqaba, at a volume of about 4 million cubic meters per day.
Sallat added that pumping through Jordan began a week ago and is proceeding normally, noting that the annual value of the gas export agreement from Jordan to Syria is estimated at around $800 million.
He stressed that the Syrian government bears the full cost, unlike previous experiences that relied on external grants to support the electricity sector. The agreement stipulates full commercial purchase, and the quantities are not a “grant.”
Sallat explained that the agreement with Jordan aims to enhance the stability of the electricity grid, as part of government efforts to secure sustainable energy sources, without confusing different regional supply routes.
According to Energy, the gas deal supplying Syria via Jordan, announced on 8 January, is part of a broader strategy to diversify sources, alongside continued imports of Azerbaijani gas via Turkey since August 2025.
Based on real time vessel tracking data monitored by Energy, the last liquefied natural gas shipment to Jordan arrived in the final week of November 2025 aboard the tanker Umm Ghuwailina.
The shipment was for the Jordanian Electricity Company and originated from the United States, with an estimated volume of about 70,000 tons of liquefied natural gas.
60 million cubic feet per day
An Egyptian official said Syria would receive about 60 million cubic feet of Egyptian natural gas once implementation of the Egyptian Lebanese agreement to supply gas to Lebanon begins.
According to CNN, which cited the official on condition of anonymity, Syria would receive these quantities in exchange for allowing Egyptian gas to transit its territory to Lebanon.
The official added that Syria expressed readiness to meet a Lebanese request to allow the transit of gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan to Lebanon through Syrian territory.
He said the agreement came after U.S. President Donald Trump repealed the Caesar Act.
Trump signed the repeal of the Caesar Act last December, following approval by both the Senate and Congress.
The Egyptian official noted that Syria would receive gas quantities as transit fees for natural gas passing through its territory, in addition to receiving shipments of liquefied natural gas.
He explained that Egyptian gas would be transported to Lebanon through the Arab Gas Pipeline project, which was agreed upon in 2000.
He also stated that both Lebanon and Syria would receive natural gas volumes from Israeli gas supplies exported to Egypt via the pipeline linking Egypt and Jordan.
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