The energy story in motion: from source to consumer

Securing fuel is one part of keeping an energy system running. Getting it to users is another. Once gas, fuel, or electricity enters the system, it still has to reach factories, developments, businesses, and households through infrastructure built for different demand profiles.

That delivery challenge has more than one answer. Industrial plants require steady gas, power, or both; developments need utilities from day one; off-grid operations may rely on compressed natural gas (CNG); and fuel retailers need storage and transport. No single network does all of that.

TAQA Arabia operates across most of those links, starting with the network itself. Through TAQA Gas, the group operates eight distribution concessions across 55 cities and distributes more than 6.4 bn cubic meters of natural gas a year to more than 2 mn customers.

Where the grid stops, gas can still move. TAQA Arabia’s Master Gas operates 92 CNG fueling stations and more than 20 vehicle-conversion centers, while its Mobile CNG service works as a virtual pipeline to industrial and tourism customers beyond fixed networks. Launched in November 2018 for Red Sea hotels, it has expanded to industrial sites and connected Kharga in New Valley to natural gas, supplying more than 14k customers.

Liquid fuels bring storage and retail into the picture. Through TAQA Petroleum, TAQA Arabia operates an 18 mn-liter terminal in Suez, a 25 mn-liter terminal in Alexandria, and more than 72 retail stations nationwide. A third terminal is planned for Cairo, with another included in its longer-term plans for Upper Egypt.

New industrial projects raise another question: can the utilities arrive when the investment does? Across Egypt, TAQA Arabia has connected gas and electricity to more than a dozen industrial zones, supplied thousands of factories and tourism clients, and served millions of residential customers. That record supports integrated utility solutions combining conventional and renewable electricity with natural gas delivered through fixed networks or mobile CNG services.

These delivery models are moving beyond Egypt. In Jordan, TAQA Arabia is developing a 14-kilometer natural gas pipeline to Al-Rawdah Industrial City. In Saudi Arabia, it has established two companies to develop and maintain oil and gas pipelines and transport natural gas. Master Gas has also deployed mobile CNG solutions in Tanzania and Mozambique and is studying further opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa.

Energy security depends on a mix of technologies, delivery models, and infrastructure matched to what each customer needs. Together, these capabilities underpin TAQA Arabia’s “One Stop Shop” approach to energy and utility services.

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