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Natural Gas June 30, 2025 01:40:14 AM

Egypt Resumes Natural Gas Supply to Factories After Disruption Linked to Israel-Iran Tensions

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He affirmed the collective efforts with relevant ministries to monitor the recent crisis efficiently and adapt to sudden challenges while maintaining gas supply stability for local consumption.
Egypt Resumes Natural Gas Supply to Factories After Disruption Linked to Israel-Iran Tensions

SEATTLE (Oil Monster): Egypt has gradually resumed pumping natural gas to industrial sectors that were temporarily shut down in recent days amid the fallout from the Israel-Iran conflict.

The government has activated an emergency plan to prioritize natural gas allocations few hours after the beginning of the war. This involved halting natural gas supplies to some factories and increasing diesel consumption by power plants to the maximum level.

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi visited on Friday the main control center of the national natural gas network operated by the Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) in New Cairo to oversee the resumption of natural gas supply at normal levels to all industrial sectors in the local market as well as overseeing gas flow regulation and the security of domestic supply across both the industry and electricity sectors.

He affirmed the collective efforts with relevant ministries to monitor the recent crisis efficiently and adapt to sudden challenges while maintaining gas supply stability for local consumption.

The Ministry of Petroleum has been intensifying its efforts in the past period to increase drilling and exploration activities of oil and gas fields to reverse the local production decline. It is also accelerating efforts to connect three regasification units at Ain Sokhna ports and pump imported liquefied natural gas cargos into the national grid.

Egypt has recently added 60 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) of natural gas from the Zohr-6 well offshore the Mediterranean Sea via the Italian offshore drilling rig Saipem 1000.

According to the Ministry’s statement on Friday, the rig proceeded to the next planned tasks and began drilling operations at the Zohr-13 well, which engineering studies suggests that it will add 55 mmcf/d of natural gas.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has awarded six new oil and gas exploration blocks, four offshore in the Mediterranean and two onshore in the Nile Delta and North Sinai, to international companies. The blocks, worth about $245 million, are part of Egypt’s 2024 international bid round via the Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG).

Courtesy: www.egyptoil-gas.com


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