Egypt produces 6.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day, ranks 13th in world

Egypt produces 6.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day, ranks 13th in world

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Tarek El-Molla -REUTERS







CAIRO – 14 December 2020: Egypt's gas production amounted to 6.2 billion cubic feet, ranking 13th in the world and fifth in the region, according to Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el-Molla.

 

El-Molla confirmed at the first session of the fourth edition of an annual energy conference, the tremendous growth in home gas delivery rates, to 11 million housing units, explaining that 45 percent of what was delivered came during the past six years, and it is close to what has been implemented over 34 years, reaching 55 percent.

 

He said that the petroleum sector has succeeded during the past six years in signing 86 petroleum agreements and attracting new international companies in the field of research and exploration, and the two largest projects to collect geophysical data have been implemented in the Red Sea and the Arab region in the