Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, met with Japan's Ambassador to Cairo, Takehiro Kagawa, to discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries along investments opportunities in the oil and gas sector.
The Egyptian New and Renewable Energy Authority's (NREA) Chairman, Mohamed El Sobky, stated by 2022 Egypt would have increased power production from renewable resource by 20%.
The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) will partner with Orascom Construction, Franc's GD France, and Japan's Toyota to establish a wind farm with a capacity of 250MW of electricity in the Gulf of Suez.
Egypt is in talks with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to secure funds for the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to import petroleum derivatives,
Italian Eni finished the drilling processes for the sixth well at Zohr field in the deep water offshore the Mediterranean Sea. An official with the company stated that the well’s production tests will start late October and will take roughly 10 days to complete.