During his visit to the Petroleum Ministry on Wednesday, Ismail said that Egypt will achieve natural gas self-sufficiency by the end of 2019. The prime minister stressed the importance of intensifying exploration and research works during the upcoming phase. The prime minister stated that the government’s plan aims to turn Egypt into a regional hub for the trade of petroleum and gas. As for linking and connecting natural gas to residential units, the report stated that over 925,000 residential units have been linked to natural gas between September 2015 and December 2016, raising the total number of houses connected to gas to 7.9 million units since the project was inaugurated. Furthermore, the report noted that for the first time, gas was linked to residential units in Marsa Matrouh.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 18, 2017 16:09 UTC