Waseem Wahdan Appointed Head of Petrotrade
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, issued a new appointment assigning Waseem Abdel Salam Wahdan the role of head of Petrotrade.
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, issued a new appointment assigning Waseem Abdel Salam Wahdan the role of head of Petrotrade.
Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, chaired the meeting of the governmental committee formed upon a decree by Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, to follow up on the project to turn Egypt into a regional energy hub.
Egypt’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports via the Idku liquefaction plant have increased by 73.3% since November to reach 520 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d).
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) pays $3.1 per 1 million thermal unit (mtu), which is the minimum price stated in the agreement with BP, from the North Alexandria and West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM).
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Saudi Aramco are working to construct several mazut storage warehouses by March 2019.
Egypt’s Zohr natural gas field is expected to produce 3 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) in 2019, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Petroleum.
Egypt paid a total of $1 billion over three years for renting Saipem 10000 drilling rig, which is working in the Zohr natural gas field.
HSBC Egypt agreed to be the financial consultant to secure a $500 million loan to finance the imports of the market's demands of diesel, benzene and mazut, in addition to paying a part of arrears to IOCs.
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Egypt has paid an additional $35 million to Dana Gas as a part of its overdue.