President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has directed to continue connecting natural gas to households and new cities and to expand on establishing natural gas supply stations across the country.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is aiming to connect 1,332 villages with natural gas as a part of Hayat Kareema initiative, Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, stated during a meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly.

Egypt aims to connect 1.2 million housing units with natural gas in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2021/22, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, stated.

Mohamed Saad El-Din, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saad El-Din Group and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Investor Association, confirmed the launch of the first trial operations of transporting natural gas by tankers.

The Egyptian Company For Natural Gas Distribution (Town Gas) connected 230,000 housing units with natural gas in 2020 where some areas had natural gas for the first time such as Al Badrashin, Atfih, Abu Anomros, and Nazlet Asamman in Giza governorate and Nafisha in Ismailia governorate.

Gas Region company’s (Regas) revenues amounted to a record of EGP 801 million in 2020, indicating an increase of 10% over 2019’s.

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, held a meeting to discuss natural gas delivery to 1.2 million of residential units in all governorates in the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21.

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MPED) allocated EGP 4.9 billion of investments to the oil and gas sector during the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21;  29.5% of total investments in Alexandria.

The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) signed cooperation protocols with Gas Region (Regas) to deliver natural gas to four industrial zones in Qena and Sohag.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources inked a protocol with the Ministry of Local Development, and the Ministry Of Supply and Internal Trading to deliver natural gas to local bakeries.