Although the new huge deal between Israel and Egypt signed in August 2025, worth about $35 billion, is intended to increase exports in the long term, until 2040, the pressure currently applied to Israel actually comes from the immediate needs of Egypt and the West ahead of the coming winter.
According to Egyptian sources, American and European officials are requesting to ensure that Israel will flow more gas through the existing pipelines in the coming months, so that Egypt can fully operate the Adco and Damietta liquefaction facilities.
The goal: to allow Egypt to export between two and four liquefied gas tankers per month to Europe instead of the boycotted Russian gas. Egypt believes that Israel is "flexing its muscles" on the issue of pumping more gas due to the political tension regarding Gaza.
Egypt currently receives up to 1 billion cubic feet per day and is requesting to increase to 1.3 billion and later to 1.6 billion per day ahead of the summer.
