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Cypriot Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis has said that the resources of Aphrodite and Egypt's Zohr could be pooled and transported via a single pipeline

by: Erica Mills

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Cyprus Mail: Plan B for Gas Pipeline

Rather than laying a pipeline straight from the Aphrodite reservoir to Egypt, a shorter pipeline could be built, connecting to Egypt’s newly-discovered Zohr gas field and then the gas brought to Egyptian shores, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis has asserted.

Under this scenario, the facilities to be built on top of the Zohr site would pool that field’s gas with those of Aphrodite, and then the combined gas transported via a single pipeline to Egypt. The distance between Aphrodite to Zohr is approximately 90km.

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