CAIRO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plcplans to increase liquefied natural gas exports from Egypt thisyear as it ramps up production from a West Delta field, thecompany's country chairman Gasser Hanter said on Tuesday.
The company shipped 12 LNG cargoes from the Idku plant lastyear and was "hoping for more" this year, he told reporters inCairo, adding that the West Delta Deep Marine field Phase 9Bproject should be completed by year end.
(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla and Eric KnechtWriting by Maher Chmaytelli in DubaiEditing by Edmund Blair)