The agreement, signed at the cabinet headquarters in the New Capital, covers the rehabilitation of nearly 30 kilometres of 24-inch gas pipelines in Lebanon and upgrades to associated pressure reduction, metering, and power stations, according to a cabinet statement.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attended the signing ceremony alongside Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Karim Badawi and Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Joseph Saddi.
Madbouly said the deal reflects the outcomes of his visit to Beirut last December, during which both sides prioritized deeper energy-sector cooperation.
“The Egyptian petroleum sector is placing its specialized technical expertise in natural gas networks at the service of our Lebanese brothers,” Madbouly said, describing the agreement as part of Egypt’s broader support for Lebanon’s infrastructure and energy sustainability.
The work will be carried out by Egypt's Technical Gas Services Company (TGS), a petroleum-sector firm specializing in the operation and maintenance of gas pipelines and networks.
Badawi said the agreement highlights the ability of Egyptian petroleum companies to execute specialized projects abroad based on their long-standing operational and technical experience in line with international standards.
The project includes mechanical installations, upgrades to programmable logic controller (PLC) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, cathodic protection works, and operational testing before restarting the pipelines and stations, the petroleum minister added.
In recent years, Egypt has sought to position itself as a regional energy hub, expanding cooperation with neighbouring countries in gas production, transport, and infrastructure, while leveraging its extensive petroleum and LNG facilities to support regional energy security.
The latest agreement builds on a broader Egyptian-Lebanese energy cooperation track that Cairo has intensified over the past year as Lebanon continues to grapple with a chronic electricity and fuel crisis.
In December 2025, Egypt and Lebanon signed a memorandum of understanding to supply Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon’s Deir Ammar power plant in northern Lebanon, in a move aimed at boosting Beirut’s electricity generation capacity.
At the time, Lebanese officials said the initiative required extensive rehabilitation of sections of the Arab Gas Pipeline and associated infrastructure inside Lebanon, with Beirut expected to seek international donor financing for the repair works.
The current agreement appears to operationalize that effort by assigning Egypt’s TGS to carry out pipeline rehabilitation and technical upgrades needed before gas imports can resume.
The project is linked to long-standing regional plans to revive the Arab Gas Pipeline network, which connects Egypt to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
In 2021, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon agreed on a roadmap to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon to help ease severe electricity shortages that had left the country with only a few hours of power daily.
Those plans later stalled because of financing difficulties, infrastructure damage in Syria, and complications related to US sanctions on the Syrian government.
Lebanon’s energy sector remains one of the country’s most acute structural crises. State electricity production covers only a limited number of daily supply hours, forcing households and businesses to rely heavily on costly private diesel generators.
Lebanese officials have increasingly pushed to transition power generation from fuel oil to natural gas to lower costs, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impacts.
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