Egypt Raises Industrial Gas Price Floor to $6.50/MMBtu

• Sunday, 3rd May 2026
• by Doaa Ashraf

The government has raised natural gas supply prices for the industrial sector with a minimum selling price not fall below $6.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), according to a decree no. No. 1306 of 2026 ...

Trump to Draw on Petroleum Reserves to Counter Price Hikes

• Thursday, 12th March 2026
• by Sarah Samir

President Donald Trump announced that his administration will tap the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat skyrocketing gas prices fueled by the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Gazprom Warns of 60% European Gas Price Hike

• Wednesday, 17th August 2022
• by Israa Ibrahim

Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom warned that this winter, European gas prices might rise by 60% to more than $4,000 per 1,000 cubic meters as the company's own export and production continue to decline as ...

EFIA Proposes Applying “Gas Dollar” Mechanism

• Thursday, 10th October 2019
• by Editorial Team

The Egyptian Federation of Investors Associations (EFIA) will prepare a proposal for the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in order to determine gas prices for manufactures through a new mechanism namely “gas dollar” that ...

Negotiations Begin for Egyptian Energy Exchange Market

• Tuesday, 7th August 2018
• by Editorial Team

The Ministry of Petroleum and the Egyptian Exchange have begun negotiations regarding the creation of a natural gas exchange market.

Paper Manufacturing Division Seeks More Gas

• Thursday, 23rd March 2017
• by Sarah Samir

The Paper Manufacturing Division at the Egyptian Chamber of Chemical Industries asked the Ministry of Petroleum and the Ministry of Industry to double the amount of gas pumped for paper factories without increasing p ...

Egypt to Revoke Gas Rate Cuts or Iron, Steel

• Tuesday, 29th November 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Government backed from its decision to cut the gas prices for iron and steel factories from $7 per 1m British Thermal Units (BTU) to $4.5 per 1mBTU.

Egypt to Keep Gas Rate Cuts for Iron, Steel

• Thursday, 10th November 2016
• by Sarah Samir

Egypt will maintain the decision to reduce gas prices for steel factories that the government had planned to apply in September 2016.

Egypt Raised Pump Prices

• Friday, 4th November 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum increased petrol price early November in a move to alleviate fuel subsidy expenditure within the country's economic reform program. The government has implemented the new prices upo ...

Egypt to Reduce Gas Prices for Steel Industry

• Wednesday, 12th October 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Cabinethas authorized the application of reduced gas prices for the sector as of October, instead of September.