Egypt’s natural gas production increased by 28.75% year-on-year (YOY), reaching 4.425 million tons in March 2019, up from 3.437 million tons produced in March 2018, Egypt Oil & Gas reports.

The monthly bulletin published by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed that Egypt’s natural gas consumption grew by around 6.76% YOY to reach 3.791 million tons in March 2019, up from 3.551 million tons consumed in the same month a year earlier.

Monthly figures show that Egypt’s natural gas output increased by around 11.69% in March 2019 from 3.962 million tons produced in February 2019.