{"id":681835,"date":"2026-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?p=681835"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:02:19","slug":"oil-ministry-is-working-overtime-to-ensure-we-see-an-uptick-in-natgas-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/01\/19\/oil-ministry-is-working-overtime-to-ensure-we-see-an-uptick-in-natgas-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Ministry is working overtime to ensure we see an uptick in natgas production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>The Oil Ministry is lining up an exploration push <\/strong>built around two international tenders, revamped pricing terms, and faster arrear payments, a senior government source tells EnterpriseAM. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The clock starts now: <\/strong>The first international tender is set to launch next month, with the second following in 2H. The second round will lean on fresh seismic data from a survey kicking off next month, covering 18k km in the Mediterranean and 5.3k km in the Western Desert. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>At the core is a rework of exploration and production pricing<\/strong> \u2014 a long-standing ask from international operators. The aim is to make undeveloped areas \u2014 including those in Upper Egypt \u2014 more attractive to investors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Money talks:<\/strong> The government is preparing a schedule to clear dues owed to foreign energy players. After a USD 400 mn payment this month, the ministry plans to push another USD 350 mn by March, sending a clear signal to international oil companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The latest sign we\u2019re not as heavily reliant on LNG imports as we once were: <\/strong>The Energos Eskimo floating storage and regasification unit has departed from Ain Sokhna \u2014 despite a multi-year contract \u2014 signaling confidence in our supplies as well as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/01\/18\/leviathan-partners-take-final-investment-decision-on-expansion-project-after-egypt-drops-israel-first-clause-objections-2\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli gas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Egypt wants gas production back at 6.6 bcf\/d<\/strong>, up from some 4.2 bcf\/d now, to cut its import bill and lock in its regional hub ambitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>(** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry is launching two international exploration tenders this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7207],"tags":[93,72,91],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-681835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-energy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-oil-and-gas","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"32b63168-095b-4af1-93da-d402b31aa8a7","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/254.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt is working overtime to ensure an uptick in natgas production","related_issue":[681825],"teaser":"The ministry is launching two international exploration tenders this year"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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