Egypt hopes its gas market will be balanced in 2018 and expects to begin exporting gas by 2020, said EGAS' CEO, Mohamed El Masry, speaking at EGYPS 2017's Strategic Conference.

The Chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Mohamed El Masry stated that Egypt has reached an agreement to import between 43 and 45 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman, Russia, and France from March through to the end of 2017.