Consumption of crude oil, condensates, and butane fell to 3.02 million tons in June from 3.49 million tons in June 2016, a year-on-year (y-o-y) decline of 13.5%.
The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, met with the CEO of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Alexey Likhachev, to discuss Egypt’s plans for a nuclear power plant at El Dabaa.
The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, met with the CEO of Engie, Philip Olivier, to discuss Engie’s participation in Egypt’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
Production units at Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (Sidpec) are running at full capacity despite a fire that broke out in one of the refrigerating compressors at the company's ethylene-producing factory.