Chinese engineers from China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation (CPTDC) communicate with their Egyptian colleagues at the Beni Suef station in Beni Suef, Egypt, on July 10, 2017. The Beni Suef station, the first gas regulator station operated by China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation (CPTDC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), will start pumping natural gas in September, Li Qitang, a CPTDC representative in Cairo told Xinhua. CPTDC signed a 20-million-dollar deal with Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) in 2016 to establish three gas regulator stations in Egypt. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)