The biggest one is domestic demand if you're a gas producer in the Middle East this is a cheap source of fuel and of energy for you. Egypt has laid on lots of new gas-fired power plants it also just has a growing population which means there is less gas to export now. Algeria sonotrack has signed a number of big deals with any of the Italian oil giant to boost its capacity many of those will not come online before 2024 but there is money being spent there. For the next year or two the Middle East aside from Qatar I would say not likely to play much of a role in Europe's gas supply and what they can do about that.
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