
Egypt to Reach Self-Sufficiency in Refined Oil Products by 2023 – El Molla to Bloomberg
Egypt to Produce Enough Energy to Meet its Needs by 2023. “We’re doing great in refined products,” says energy minister. Country is seeking to sell more LNG via long-term contracts. Egypt said it’s on target to produce enough fuel to cover its own needs by 2023. The country will reach its goal thanks to upgrades […]

El Molla: New Oil & Gas exploration tenders coming soon
Energy companies will get a chance to get their hands on new onshore and offshore exploration blocks within two weeks, when state-owned EGPC and EGAS will launch a new oil and gas exploration tender, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla told Gulf Intelligence. The tender will include offshore blocks in the Mediterranean and Nile Delta, as […]

Sustainable energy plan can put Egypt among Top Ten Economies – Forbes
SAP BrandVoice – A Sustainable Energy Plan Will Help Put Egypt Among The Top Ten Global Economies. The oil industry is not dying, but it must change. For Tarek El-Molla, Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, the main goal is to align the industry to Egypt’s 2030 Vision for the sustainable development of the […]
Petroleum Minister visits Chinese geophysical survey vessel at Safaga
Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla received the Dong Fang Kanten ship in Safaga, which is carrying out the work of the geophysical data collection project on Egyptian economic waters in the Red Sea, implemented by the alliance of WesternGeco-Schlumberger and TGS with investments of $750m. According to El-Molla, the seismic research conducted by the alliance […]
Egypt stepping up its efforts to attract Gulf of Suez investment
Egyptian oil minister Tarek El Molla on Monday announced an agreement with an international company to conduct a seismic survey of the Gulf of Suez to attract exploration investment in the area. Molla also said that Egypt was working to improve the quality of fuel products in cooperation with foreign marketing companies. “An agreement was […]

Egypt's gas output to exceed 6 bcf/d before end of 2018
Egypt’s natural gas production rose by 1.6 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day in 2017, reaching 5.5 bcf per day currently, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said on Sunday. Production, which has increased thanks to newly discovered fields, will exceed 6 bcf per day before the end of this calendar year, Molla said at a news […]
El Molla: “Egypt will stop importing LNG by end of the year”
Is the Oil Ministry backtracking on ending LNG imports in July? “Egypt will stop importing LNG by the end of the year,” Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said at a press conference yesterday, according to Reuters. El Molla had announced last week that Egypt will end LNG shipments by mid-2018, which in retrospect, appears to […]
Egypt to accelerate Zohr gas field development, to be completed one year ahead of schedule
Egypt to complete development on Zohr one year ahead of schedule: Egypt will complete the development of the Zohr gasfield at the beginning of 2019, instead of the end of the year, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said on Thursday, according to Reuters. Egypt had been speeding up the development of the giant gasfield, with […]
EGYPS 2018 highlights industry achievements, brings together global key players in North Africa’s largest Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference
The Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS 2018) held under the patronage of H.E. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, and the auspices of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, is set to take place February 12th – 14th at the Egypt International Exhibition Center. As the primary platform highlighting Egypt’s substantial progress and ambitious development plans […]