At least four masked gunmen attacked the station, near the town of Al-Arish, about 30 miles west of the Israeli border, in the early hours of Tuesday.
The attackers ordered the guards on duty to leave and then blew up the terminal, starting a fire that could seen from 12 miles away,
There were no reported casualties. It was the fourth attack on facilities supplying Egyptian gas to Israel this year.
Egypt's gas transport company, Gasco, a subsidiary of the national gas company EGAS, had been finalising repairs on a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel and Egypt, and was expected to complete the work over the weekend,
Egypt has been trying to renegotiate gas prices with Israel and Jordan after President Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down in February, amid charges of corruption stemming from selling gas to Israel at below market prices, among other things. Israel says it pays market rates.
On July 4, men armed with machineguns forced guards at the same station to flee, then planted explosive charges. Previous attacks on the pipeline on April 27 and on February 5 forced its closure for several weeks.
The Telegraph
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