The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co (EGAS) pumps a considerable volume of gas to service stations as motor vehicles consume 102bcf of natural gas each month, averaging 47mcf/d.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to lend $12b to Egypt to be paid out over three years, yet the agreement is subject to approval by IMF’s Executive Board in few weeks, according to IMF's website.
Egypt requested proposals to issue $3b to $5b bonds in the current fiscal year as part of the government's efforts to shore up reserves and end a foreign-currency shortage that is hampering economic growth.
Egypt Gas Company's losses in the second quarter of 2016 reached EGP 61.9m ($6.96m), in comparison to EGP 31.3m ($3.5m) during the same period from 2015.
Siemens has shipped the modules for the first heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) for the company’s Beni Suef gas-fired power plant mega project in Egypt.
The Egyptian government approved a draft bill that would settle over 6,000 tax dispute cases worth about EGP 47b ($5.29b), in addition to 150 civil disputes. The total value of uncollected tax arrears has reached EGP 70-80b.
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has halted gas supplies to major fertilizer manufacturers as the facilities undergo annual maintenance procedures and EGAS aims at rerouting the supply to power plants in order to cover increased energy demand during August.
Egypt’s foreign-currency reserves dropped by 11% in July and net international reserves reached $15.5b, after authorities repaid about $2b in debt. This is the biggest drop in FX reserves that Egypt has faced in 16 years.