EGAS to sign 7 new gas exploration agreements with int’l companies in 4Q2019

State-owned EGAS expects to sign seven new gas exploration agreements with international companies worth at least USD 712 mn during 4Q2019, Chairman Osama El Bakly said, according to a ministry statement (pdf). Companies will drill 23 exploratory wells under the terms of the agreement, he said, without naming the concessions or companies involved. El Bakly also said that Egypt’s natural gas production hit a record 7.2 bcf/d in September, up from 7 bcf/d at the end of June.