CBE | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 3
Egypt to Import 1.4bcf/d of Gas
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources asked the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to provide $270m per month to import 1.4bcf/d of gas starting from June, reported Al Borsa. The ministry plans to receive 1.2bcf/d...
Egypt, China Signed $2.6b Currency Swap Deal
Egypt and China signed a currency swap deal for $2.6b. This enables Egypt to increase foreign reserves after the EGP devaluation, reported Bloomberg. Chinese Regulator stated that the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) along...
Banks to Loan $200m to EGPC
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) will sign a $200m loan agreement during with a banking consortium including the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and others. ...
IMF Agrees to $12b Loan to Egypt
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....
Oil Ministry’s Dues Owed to Shell, BG Increase to $1.1b
The total amount of dues that are owed by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum to British Gas (BG) and Shell, in return for their shares in the gas produced at El-Borollos and Rasheed fields, have increased to $1.1b, fr...
CBE Notes $3.7b Decrease in Egypt’s Export Proceeds
As a result of the declining oil prices that are witnessed on a global scope, Egypt’s export proceeds have decreased by $3.7b during the first nine months of fiscal year (FY) 2015/2016, reported Daily News Egypt accor...
Electricity Ministry Launches Awareness Campaign
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is to launch a public awareness campaign that encourages the citizens to become more conscious towards their energy consumption in order to help solve the recent energy crisis that...
Egypt’s Arrears to Oil Firms Rise to $3b at End of 2015
Egypt’s overdue debt to foreign oil companies rose to $3b at the end of December 2015, up from $2.7b at the end of October, said Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla in an interview with Reuters. El Molla did not provid... 
