North Africa

Egypt

Cairo hopes increased LNG exports amid rising gas output will help propel Egypt to realise its ambitions of becoming a regional energy hub.

State of Play

Gas continues to play a leading role in Egypt's upstream with the giant Zohr field reaching 3.2bn cfd capacity. Declining legacy fields mean its ability to export significant volumes of LNG may be hampered going forward.

2020 In Numbers

Crude Output	601	000 b/d
Crude Imports	221	000 b/d
Crude Exports	104	000 b/d
Gas Output	60.74	bcm
Gas Exports	2.63	bcm
LNG Exports	1.56	mn tons

Oil & Gas

10 Sep, 2021

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Egypt Gas Grows Ever More Dependent On Zohr

With output at other key Egypt gas fields in decline, ever more weight is falling on Zohr’s shoulders. Given the field’s recent problems, is this sustainable?

Zohr & WDDM Boost Egypt Gas Output For 2020-21 Despite Declines Elsewhere (bn cfd)

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1: Egypt Gas Output (bn cfd): May Falls For Second Consecutive Month As Zohr Outages See Med Output Fall To 4-Month Low 4.90bn cfd

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