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Egypt counts on foreign funds to buy gas as power crisis worsens
Saudi Arabia and Libya have financed the purchase of gas cargoes worth at least $200 million to help Egypt ease its energy crisis this summer amid a steep decline in domestic gas output, two industry sources familiar with the matter said. Egypt needs some $2 billion worth of gas to cover summer demand through October, according to one of the two sources familiar with the government's plan, but a hard currency crisis means it lacks funds to fully cover imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). "Without support from our friends in the Gulf, we won't be able to pay for these shipments," one of the sources said. He added that officials were looking to raise more money from

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