The General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and the Sinai Gas inked a deal to deliver natural gas to the industrial zone in East Port Said.

The industrial zone agreement, signed between Cairo and Moscow in February 2016, was designed to offer favorable treatment and benefit Russian resident companies, such as carmakers, petrochemical enterprises, energy, and medical companies.

Minister of Electricity Mohammed Shaker explained that nuclear power was a key facet in the government’s strategy to tackle the current energy crisis.

Sherif Ismail, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said in a press release that Sinai Gas had completed the natural gas connection to the city of New Ismailia.