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Saudi Arabia Oil Production Capacity to Reach 13.4 mmbbl/d by 2026
According to Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Kingdom will be able to produce between 13.2-13.4 million barrels of oil per day (mmbbl/d) by the end of 2026 or beginning of 2027 thanks to increased produ...
Qatargas Signs 22-Year Deal to Supply LNG to China
Qatargas announced on September 10 that it agreed a 22-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with China for the shipment of 3.4 million tons of LNG per year, Reuters reported. The Qatargas 2 project-venture bet...
Winner of Hamrawein Power Plant Tender To Be Announced June 13
The Ministry of Electricity will announce on June 13 the winning consortium to build the 6,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Red Sea port of Hamrawein, an official source at the ministry told Amwal Al Ghad. T...
Al Nowais Negotiating Details for Proposed Coal Plant
Al Nowais Investment Company has proposed selling electricity from its planned coal-fired power plant at Ayoun Moussa at a price of $0.058 (or roughly EGP 1.02) per kilowatt hour (kWh), officials at the Ministry of El...
Egypt’s Fuel Imports Reach $819M in June
Egypt imported $819 million worth of fuel in June 2017, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase of 30.6% from the $627 million worth of fuel it imported in June 2016, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization an...
Orascom Seeks Consortium for a $8b Coal Plant Bid
Orascom Construction is in talks over a consortium to bid on establishing the 6000 MW $8b Hamrawein clean coal power plant, CEO, Osama Bishai said. Bishai named Shanghai Electric, Dongfang Electric, Mitsubishi Hitachi...
S Africa: Coal Drivers Protest Over Renewable Energy Contracts
Several coal transporting trucks blocked highways in South Africa’s capital on Monday to protest against the country’s renewable power program after President Jacob Zuma showed support for the sector in sp...
Egypt to Fuel Industries with Coal
A source at the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources stated to Egypt Oil&Gas that Egypt will generalize the usage of coal in manufacturing as an alternative to natural gas starting May 2017. The u... 
