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EMG's Gas Supply to Israel is Expected to Resume Later this Month

^{Published on 2011-02-15 23:40:34 - Market Wire}
 

TEL AVIV, Israel--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Ampal-American Israel Corporation (athe Companya) (Nasdaq: AMPL), a holding company in the business of acquiring and managing interests in various businesses, announced today that the gas supply to East Mediterranean Gas Co. ("EMG"), and therefore to EMGa™s Israeli Clients, is expected to resume later this month. Ampal has a 12.5% interest in EMG.

The Egyptian National Gas Company (aEGPCa) informed EMG that the delay is to due to a hold-up in repair work on a GASCO (the Egyptian gas transport company, and EGAS subsidiary) pipeline.

This information updates Ampala™s previous announcements dated February 6, 2011 and February 8, 2011. Ampal had announced that a small portion of a GASCO pipeline serving EMG was damaged as a result of an explosion and subsequent fire in a metering station along a separate GASCO owned and operated gas pipeline from Egypt to Jordan. At the time, GASCO was expecting repair work to conclude and gas supply to resume on February 17, 2011. As previously announced, neither EMG's site nor EMG's pipeline were damaged as the affected GASCO station is not a part of the EMG pipeline system and is located some 30 kilometers (about 18.6 miles) from the EMG site.

About Ampal:

Ampal and its subsidiaries acquire interests primarily in businesses located in the State of Israel or that are Israel-related. Ampal is seeking opportunistic situations in a variety of industries, with a focus on energy, chemicals, communications and related sectors. Ampala™s goal is to develop or acquire majority interests in businesses that are profitable and generate significant free cash flow that Ampal can control. For more information about Ampal please visit our web site at [ www.ampal.com ].

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