Egypt With Eni to Fast-Track Zohr Gas Output, Minister Says
- Country aims to quit importing LNG by year-end: El-Molla
- ‘I want 10 Zohrs,’ Egypt’s president says about giant field
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Egypt is working with Eni SpA, operator of the giant Zohr gas field, to fast-track output and end the country’s need to import liquefied natural gas as early as this year, Oil Minister Tarek el-Molla said.
Zohr, the largest undersea gas discovery in the Mediterranean, will pump 1.7 billion cubic feet per day before the end of 2018, el-Molla said in a televised ceremony to inaugurate the field. Egypt is talking with Rome-based Eni to increase output to reach the 2019 production target this year instead, he said.