据路透社7月2日耶路撒冷报道，以色列的德莱克钻探公司（Delek Drilling）表示，已经完成了一条通往埃及的海底天然气管道的测试，但并没有达到6月底开始商业运营的预期。
去年，德莱克钻探公司与其合作伙伴Noble Energy签署了一项具有里程碑意义的协议，将150亿美元的天然气从以色列近海塔马尔和利维坦油田出口到埃及。以色列官员称，这是自1979年邻国实现和平以来出现的最重要的协议。
6月初，德莱克钻探公司副首席执行官Yossi Gvura对路透社表示，他们希望在7月底前开始向埃及出售少量天然气，但该公司周二表示，出口尚未开始。
由于考虑到以色列夏季的天然气需求，该公司预计，只有在利维坦油田2019年底上线后，才能开始向埃及进行商业销售。
德莱克和诺布尔已同意购买以色列阿什基隆和埃及阿里什之间的EMG天然气管道，以运输天然气。现在管道的技术检查已经完成，德雷克希望在8月31日之前完成EMG交易。
邹勤 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Delek says pipeline checks done, gas exports to Egypt by year end
Israel’s Delek Drilling said it has completed testing of a subsea natural gas pipeline to Egypt, but it did not begin commercial sales by the end of June as it had initially hoped.
Delek Drilling and its partner Noble Energy signed a landmark deal early last year to export $15 billion in natural gas from Israeli offshore fields Tamar and Leviathan to a customer in Egypt.
Israeli officials called it the most significant deal to emerge since the neighbors made peace in 1979.
Delek Drilling Deputy CEO Yossi Gvura told Reuters in early June that they hoped to start selling small quantities of gas to Egypt by the end of the month, but the company said Due to the forecast demand for gas in Israel over the summer, the company expects commercial sales to Egypt to begin Delek and Noble have agreed to buy into the EMG gas pipeline between Ashkelon in Israel and El-Arish in Egypt to transport the gas supplies. Now that the technical examination of the pipeline is complete, Delek expects to close the EMG deal by Aug. 31.
