CAIRO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Egypt is currently exporting 520million cubic feet of liquified natural gas (LNG) per day fromits Idku export plant, a petroleum ministry official said onWednesday.
The country had been exporting 300 million cubic feet ofLNG, the official said.
The gas is exported by Malaysia's Petronas, RoyalDutch Shell, and Egypt's two main state oil and gascompanies.(Reporting by Ahmed Ismail; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; editingby Louise Heavens)