President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on July 29 that Egypt would achieve natural gas self-sufficiency and a surplus by June 30, 2020.

EGAS is willing to link 1bf of gas from Noras, Northen Alexandria and Zohr fields during 2017.

Italian Eni aims to increase gas production from 3 wells in Nooros field by 180mcf/d in September 2016. A source from EGAS said that the $450m production enhancements of Nooros field will push gas outputs to 700mcf/d by the end of 2016. Current production rates stand at over 350mcf/d in addition to 3,000b/d of condensates.

After completing the drilling operations of their first well, Baltim SW-1, British Petroleum (BP) and Italy’s Eni have estimated the reserves in their concession area in South Baltim to equal almost 700bcf of extractable gas.

Italy's giant Eni has conducted two exploration expeditions in the Noras field in the shallow waters of the Nile Delta, and the Zohr field in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Eni's Chief Exploration Officer, Luca Bertelli, stated in a recent study.