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New Egyptian-Jordanian Gas Line Bypasses Israel
Israel National News ^
| 19:22 Jul. 28, '03 / 28 Tammuz 5763
Posted on 07/28/2003 9:53:11 AM PDT by yonif
The Saudi Press Agency reports that Egypt and Jordan have inaugurated a partially underwater pipeline that will allow Egypt to supply energy-strapped Jordan with 2.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year. The pipeline runs almost 250 kilometers across the Sinai Desert to the Red Sea, and then continues 15 kilometers underwater to the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The pipeline is scheduled to be extended in the coming years to northern Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, and Europe. Egypt has potential gas reserves of 70 trillion cubic feet and hopes to become one of the world's top 10 exporters of natural gas in the next four years.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; energy; gas; israel; jordan; line; methane; opec; peace; petroleum; pipeline; russia; sinai; syria; waronterror
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:53:12 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; adam_az; LarryM; American in Israel; ReligionofMassDestruction; ...
According to the "peace" treaty Israel has with Egypt, Egypt was supposed to share this pipe with Israel and maintain a link with them....
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:53:45 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
According to the "peace" treaty Israel has with Egypt Considering the extremely high value of peace itself, is the disposition of the pipeline of great importance?
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:56:12 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: yonif; Jeremiah Jr; 2sheep; Yehuda; dennisw; hellinahandcart; Simcha7
"Hey Abby, whatcha gonna do with that steering wheel?"
"Drive the Jews into the sea of course."
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:08:48 AM PDT
by
Thinkin' Gal
(Guten Tag!)
To: Full Auto Stop
The Neville metaphor is inappropriate in this context, as no acreage is being conceded and no farmers are being displaced. The pipeline is also small and of limited economic interest.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:13:09 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: RightWhale
Whatever the cost of a wall on our southern border would save us 10 fold in what illegals are costing this country. Only in the context of the value of the treaties. The Sinai oil fields were much more important. Who knows, maybe one day GWB can persuade Egypt and Jordan to send ambassadors to Israel (he's tried), or Egypt to reign in arms smuggling, in fulfillment of their obligations.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:19:19 AM PDT
by
SJackson
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: yonif
During the next war, one torpedo from one Israeli Dolphin-class SSK and good-bye, pipeline.
To: Full Auto Stop
You're advocating appeasement. Now you've stepped over the line if you think a business deal has anything to do with politics of a third party. I am not advocating appeasement, and this is not appeasement. The treaty does not cover this pipeline.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:39:54 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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