Egypt Spends Over $1.5B on Petroleum Products
Egypt spends over $1.5 billion monthly to secure local demand for petroleum products.
Egypt spends over $1.5 billion monthly to secure local demand for petroleum products.
Production of crude oil, condensates, and butane increased by around 1.55% year-on-year (YOY) in July 2018, producing 2.818 million tons compared to 2.775 million tons in July 2017.
Domestic consumption of petroleum products is expected to rise by 10.24% in fiscal year (FY) 2018/19 to reach 35.5 million tons.
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has agreed to finance $2 billion worth of petroleum products, as a part of a larger $3 billion agreement with Egypt's Ministry of Investment to fund the i ...
Production of crude oil, condensates, and butane fell by 2.56% year-on-year (YOY) in June 2018, producing 2.63 million tons compared to 2.69 million tons in June 2017.
Egypt increased its production of crude oil, condensates, and butane by around 3% year-on-year in May 2018, producing 2.9 million tons compared to 2.8 million tons in May 2017.
The total value of Egypt’s fuel exports increased by $260 million year-on-year (YOY) in Q1 2018.
Egypt’s consumption of petroleum products fell by 15.97% year-on-year (YoY) to reach 2.815 million tons in March 2018, compared to 3.35 million tons in March 2018.
Egypt will achieve self-sufficiency in petroleum products in three years, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, has announced.
Egypt plans to develop refineries during the upcoming four years to decrease the import rate of petroleum products to 5%, compared to the current rate of 35%.