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READ MOREOil reserves3.3 billion barrels
Oil production670,000 bopd
Gas reserves2.1 tcm
Gas production58.6 bcm
Egypt is Africa’s largest non-OPEC oil producer and its third-largest natural gas producer, after Algeria and Nigeria.
After facing socio-political upheaval starting in 2011 which led to the ouster of two presidents within two years, including long-time leader Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has enjoyed relative political stability since Abdel Fattah El Sisi was elected president in 2014. That year, President El Sisi’s government launched an ambitious macroeconomic reform programme, which has helped the economy stabilise and improved the business environment in the country. In 2016, a new reform programme was introduced to enhance investor confidence and improve governance. Egypt has started to reap the benefits of these reforms, with real GDP growing at around 4-5% in recent years. According to the World Bank, foreign exchange reserves had greatly improved by July 2018 to USD 44.3 billion, having almost tripled from USD 15.5 billion in August 2016. Per David Lipton, first deputy managing director and acting chair of the IMF, Egypt’s “near-term growth outlook is favourable, supported by a recovery in tourism and rising natural gas production.”
Indeed, in December 2018 Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum announced the country had achieved a major milestone: gas self-sufficiency. The overall production of natural gas increased during 2018 to around 161.4 mcm (5.7 bcf) per day.
Egypt struck fortune in 2015 with the discovery of an 850-bcm (30-tcf) super-giant gasfield in the Eastern Mediterranean, Zohr, which alone could meet more than half the country’s demand. The discovery was made by Eni, whose total investment in the project will amount to as much as USD 16 billion. Zohr represents the largest gas discovery ever made in Egypt and the Mediterranean. Eni brought production at the Zohr field to 76.5 mcm (2.7 bcf) per day ahead of schedule in 2019.
The increase in optimism surrounding the Egyptian oil and gas market is supported by the elimination of fuel subsidies, new bid rounds and new PSAs, as well as a 15% decline in oil and gas production costs.
The Oil & Gas Year Egypt 2019 is the most up-to-date and comprehensive report on the country’s hydrocarbons industry.
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