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How Egypt benefits from gas agreement with Israel

Egypt and Israel agreed to establish a pipeline connecting Israel’s offshore Leviathan natural gas field to the liquified natural gas terminal in Egypt, a move that was hailed as a major step toward economic, political and security gains for Cairo.

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This picture taken on Jan. 31, 2019, shows an aerial view of the SSCV Thialf crane vessel laying the newly arrived foundation platform for the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) west of the coast of the Israeli city of Haifa. — MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/AFP via Getty Images

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