The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, announced that the butane consumption had decreased by 6% in fiscal year (FY) 2019/2020 and it is planned to reach to 6.5% at the end of FY 2020/2021.

The Egyptian Company for Gas Transportation and Delivery (Botagasco) boosted its sales of butane cylinders to 40 million cylinders in the first half of 2017 from 35 million cylinders during the first half of 2016, an increase of 14.3%.