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Egypt Blackouts Led By Heatwave, Gas Shortages
...capacity installed in 2018 key to transforming Egypt’s fortunes (MEES, 27 July 2018). These plants were brought online as Cairo’s own gas output was undergoing a resurgence thanks to the December 2017 start-up of the giant 21.5tcf Eni-operated Zohr gas field. Zohr supplies enabled Egypt to ha...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
Adnoc Awards Key Contracts For Handling Increased Gas Output
...nterpiece of Adnoc’s gas operations, and is central to its expansion plans. Adnoc Gas operates legacy facilities with 4.75bn cfd combined capacity, while the 1.34bn cfd Habshan 5 plant was inaugurated in 2017, bringing total capacity at the complex to 6.09bn cfd. Petrofac says that “comprising three gas co...
Volume: 66Issue: 27Published at Fri, 07 Jul 2023 -
Egypt Power Consumption Hits Record 167TWh For 2022
...modern CCGT capacity and the giant Zohr gas field in 2017-18 made such power shortages a thing of the past (MEES, 3 August 2018). However, today’s capacity surplus is less robust than it seems: an increased reliance on intermittent renewables generation, often located far from population centers, pr...
Volume: 66Issue: 12Published at Fri, 24 Mar 2023 -
Power Generation Set To Drive Middle East Oil Use Gains
...dustrial activity typically rises with economic activity. Consumption averaged 572,000 b/d for the first 11 months of 2022, up 70,000 b/d year-on-year. This is the highest figure since 2017, when the government implemented subsidy reforms to curb consumption and effectively pushed it out from power pl...
Volume: 66Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2023