Egypt’s LNG Comeback Is Set to Start in Cyprus
Egypt’s gas sector is running short of domestic gas just as Cyprus prepares to become a producer. The recently approved Cronos project offshore Cyprus (expected to deliver up to 2.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from 2028) offers a three-way bargain.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The recently approved Cronos project offshore Cyprus (expected to deliver up to 2.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from 2028) offers a three-way bargain.
- Fact 2: Natural gas production fell 7% from a year earlier to 109.3 million m3/d in the second quarter of 2026, extending a decline that began after output peaked in 2021.
- Fact 3: Domestic consumption reached 190 million m3/d in June, the highest recorded level for that month, while power generation alone burned 113 million m3/d (almost as much as Egypt’s entire current domestic output).
- Fact 4: That leaves a shortfall of more than 75 million m3/d before pipeline and LNG imports are counted.
Egypt’s gas sector is running short of domestic gas just as Cyprus prepares to become a producer. The recently approved Cronos project offshore Cyprus (expected to deliver up to 2.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from 2028) offers a three-way bargain.
Cyprus gains an export route it cannot economically build alone; Egypt secures feedstock for infrastructure increasingly constrained by falling domestic production, and Europe gains another non-Russian source. The logic is compelling, but technical, commercial and geopolitical risks could still derail the emerging corridor. Egypt’s need for new gas sources is becoming urgent.
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