Petroleum Production Drops by 2.56% YOY
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.
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.
Agiba Petroleum Company invested $237 million during fiscal year (FY) 2017/18.
Egyptian natural gas production increased by 19.4% year-on-year (YOY) to reach 3.805 million tons in June 2018, compared to 3.187 million tons in June 2017.
Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) beat its fiscal year 2017/18 crude production targets, pumping 433,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Pharaonic Petroleum Company produced 174 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas and 2.2 million barrels of condensates during fiscal year (FY) 2017/18.
The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company's (GUPCO) produced an average of 71,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil and condensates in fiscal year (FY) 2017/18 from its field in the Gulf of Suez.
Domestics production of butane covers almost 50% of the market’s needs.
Egypt's butane imports increased by 10.37% year-on-year (YOY) in May 2018, importing 218,100 tons compared to 197,600 tons in May 2017.
Egypt's diesel consumption jumped by around 7% year-on-year (YOY) to 1.26 million tons in May 2018, up from 1.18 million tons in May 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.