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.

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.

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, has inspected Sunday the implementation progress in the new Alamein Pipeline that is being constructed with a length of 120 km, extending from Al-Amiriya area in Alexandria to New Alamein City.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and TAQA Arabia signed a cooperation protocol to deliver natural gas to El Wadi El Gedid by utilizing compressed natural gas (CNG).

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoP) Tarek El Molla announced that the natural gas delivery project will be completed a year earlier than expected, connecting about 3.4 million housing units with natural gas by the end of the current fiscal year (FY) 2020/21.

The Cabinet has allocated land to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to construct a natural gas compressor (NGC) plant in Beni Suef.

Petrojet announced that it has successfully finalized the trial operations for phase one of the natural gas grid in Abu Dhabi at the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO), announced that its distribution of natural gas has increased to 63.8 billion cubic meters in 2019, compared to 61.5 billion cubic meters in 2018, which is a 4% year-on-year (YOY) increase.

Iran plans to increase its natural gas production capacity to 1 billion cubic meters per day (bcm/d) by the next Iranian calendar year.

The number of units connected to the natural gas grid during FY 2018/19 will reach a total of 1.21 million by June 30, exceeding the targeted 1.2 million households.