CAPMAS reported last Sunday a 22.1 percent drop in exports' value, standing at EGP12.03 bn in January 2015, in comparison to last year’s EGP15.44 bn.
PetroSilah Petroleum is working on launching the first mobile oil refinery in Egypt, with production capacity of 10,000 b/d and an initial cost of $5m.
Egypt’s state-owned Petrojet has been awarded a $185m contract to build the first gas-processing plant for Iraq’s Siba oilfield, operated by Kuwait Energy, reported Amwal al Ghad.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank in charge of the private sector, plans to invest 1.2 to $ 2 billion in Egypt over the next four years.
The government announced a string of plans to add a combined capacity of 4.3 gigawatt hours to the country's grid and the introduction of a new feed-in tariff system aimed at encouraging private investment.