RES E A RC H & A N A LYS I S
A NEW ERA OF FUEL:
CONVERTING TO
NATURAL GAS BY AMINA HUSSEIN, REHAM GAMAL, AND TASNEEM MADI
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atural gas becomes an essential pillar of energy supply in the Egyptian economy. With the development of natural gas fields, the prod brought closer to 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf), between fiscal years (FYs) 2018/19-2019/20; over 50% of which was contributed by the gian These developments helped Egypt achieve self-sufficiency and meet domestic needs of natural gas.
In 1981, the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) started Furthermore, natural gas in 1985, EGAS began converting vehicles to take in natural ga connection activities to promote the level of services provided to citizens the establishment so that of new gas fueling stations and conversion centers. Sin up until June they can easily have access to natural gas. Since then, until June 2020, over 11 2020, the total number of conversions exceeded 300,000 ve as explained in EGAS Annual Report 2019/20. million residential consumers, 2,500 industrial facilities and 22,000 commercial units have been connected to natural gas. With the increasing reliance on natural gas, NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS various national grid projects have been implemented to bridge theI. connection between natural gas fields and facilities, driving the grid’s length to exceed 66,000 Over FYs 2018/19-2019/20, EGAS succeeded in constructing eight new na km in June 2020. pipelines. The two successive years witnessed the execution of such pipel
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