Latest in Tag: natural gas Highlight
Latest in Tag: natural gas

5 projects achieve natural gas self-sufficiency for Egypt in 2018
List includes first phase of Zohr, North Alexandria

SMEDA launches an EGP 100m-worth initiative to convert cars to natural gas
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) signed two contracts worth EGP 15m on Wednesday with natural gas company Cargas to finance the project of converting cars to run on dual fuel, natural gas and gasoline, in addition to opening outlets for the engine oil sales. The first contract aims at converting 2000 cars to natural gas …

Petroleum Ministry plans to implement 11 gas projects worth $17.5bn until 2023
We aim to produce 1.9 bcf per day, and 50,000 barrels of condensates: Petroleum Minister

Egypt, Cyprus discuss construction of natural gas pipeline next month
The two countries signed electrical connection protocol, sources say

Egypt’s energy future between reality and fantasies
Egypt is the second largest producer of natural gas in Africa after Algeria, yet Egypt’s power generation infrastructure is dependent on natural gas. More than 75% of the electricity generated in Egypt comes from natural gas plants. Egypt currently produces about 3.9bn cubic feet of gas per day and imports another 1-1.1bn cubic feet per …

Natural gas surplus by 2020: El Molla
Sector will sign five new deals with investments of $154m

Egypt aims to import LNG shipments in 2018
Egypt is planning to import between 100 and 108 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year while preparing to begin production at two gas fields. This step will help the country approach its self-sufficiency target. According to a reporter from Bloomberg familiar with the matter whom asked not to be identified, the LNG shipments …

Government proposes new draft law liberalising the natural gas sector
Despite efforts to liberalise the natural gas sector dating back to the 1990s, the market is still currently far from liberalised, say experts

Natural gas market regulatory authority to be established before end of 2017: El Molla
Petroleum companies being offered in EGX will be announced this November

EGAS reassess gas projects to be added to national grid production until end of 2017
Possibility of providing Egypt’s needs of fuel without renting a third gasification under discussion, says source

Shell in talks with government to increase natural gas supply
Shell is currently in talks with the government in order to increase exports, as the government seeks to increase supply to the domestic market

Egypt, Cyprus sign deal to transfer Cypriot natural gas to Egypt via pipeline
The agreement will positively affect the development of the Cypriot Aphrodite field while fulfilling Egypt’s gas needs, says El-Molla

Is energy-efficient Germany out of our league?
It triggers both fascination and envy to know about other countries achievements in diverse fields, while we in Egypt persistently undergo electricity cuts and water shortages. Now that it is summer time and consumption is skyrocketing, the occurrence of these phenomena is also going to increase. While we use natural gas, diesel, and fuel to …

Egypt produces 50m more cubic feet of natural gas
Eni gas fields in the Nile Delta added 110m cubic feet per day, say sources

5 companies call for licences to import gas from EGAS
Licensing of two companies to take place over next two months, says El-Mazni

Will Israeli natural gas flow in Egypt’s pipelines?
A recent visit by Egypt’s Foreign Minister could signal potential cooperation between Israel and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean gas fields. However, given domestic market needs mixed with a complicated history in Egypt-Israel business relations in the energy sector, the future remains unclear

€68m French grant to provide natural gas to 2.4m Egyptian households
Over 75% of homes in Egypt currently depend on LPG cylinder distribution

Egypt consumes 73.36m tonnes of petroleum products and natural gas in one year: CAPMAS
The total amount of produced clean water stood at 8.87bn cubic meters in FY 2013/2014 compared to 8.79bn cubic meters in 2012/2013, an increase of 0.9%

As linking projects stall, energy companies see production rates fall
Egypt’s average production of natural gas declined to 3.8bn cubic feet per day

Egyptian government reconsiders decision to reduce natural gas prices
No official notification received from Industry Ministry to apply the decision, says EGAS

BP to establish natural gas processing plant with 77bn cubic feet/day capacity
BP to complete the LNG production facilities by end of 2020, says EGAS official

Natural gas producers have problems this spring
US production of natural gas reached its peak in this winter even when prices are low, a surprise for these troubled markets.

General Petroleum Company establishes plant to treat harmful emissions with investments worth $127m
15m cubic feet of gas to be collected daily starting from July 2017: El-Sherbini

Four companies apply to import natural gas
EGAS is studying their credentials, official says

Analysts laud lowering gas prices for steel factories
Steel factories were spending $2bn to import steel plate, to offset low production resulting from gas shortage

Egypt and Israel: Tensions over natural gas supplies
Egypt seeks recourse to Swiss appealate courts to avoid paying compensation to Israel

EGAS launches international tender to search for gas by end of Q4 of 2016
Egypt currently produces 4.15bn cubic feet of gas per day, compared to 4.5bn cubic feet last year.

Gas production declines to 4.15bn cubic feet per day
Egypt lost 500m cubic feet of domestic production in a year

50 million cubic feet increase in total Egyptian natural gas production
The total production of the two wells reached 83m cubic feet of gas per day that have compensated for the natural decline of fields production.

EU grants €68m for natural gas delivery to low-income Egyptian households
Grant to support part of the Ministry of Petroleum’s mega project of delivering natural gas to approximately 1.2m households during current FY