News / Egypt
EGAS Cuts Natural Gas Imports
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company ( EGAS) has cut its imports of natural gas imports to five monthly shipments (equivalent to 700 mcf/d) from eight (800 mcf/d) since the beginning of 2017 thanks to rising domestic production and lower consumption.
Egypt Pumps Gas to Beni Mazar
Egypt started pumping natural gas to Beni Mazar city in Minya and Kafr Soliman City in Dammietta for the first time.
USD Price Increases Petroleum Import Bills
USD Exchange rate increases diesel and benzene import bills by $50m per day.
Commercial Operations of New Administrative Capital Power Plant to Begin
Siemens is set to begin the commercial operation of two units in the New Administrative Capital power plant with a capacity of 800MW at the end of this month.
Schneider Looks Forward to Change Egypt’s Electricity System
Schneider Electric is willing to change the Egyptian electricity system by providing power management and automatic controls to the New Administrative Capital.
El Molla Met with Peruvians Minister of Energy and Mines in Canada
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, met with Peruvians Minister of Energy and Mines in Canada possible cooperation between the two countries.
El Sewedy in Talks for Benban Solar Power Plant loan
El Sewedy Electric is in talks with financial institutions for a loan to fund its 50MW solar power plant project in Benban as part of the feed-in tariff (FiT) program.
FAS Energy, Infinite, Elf Qualified for FiT Phase One
Three companies out of nine made the cut for phase one of the feed-in tariff (FiT) program. 
