Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company
85 Nasr Road, First District
Nasr City, Cairo
Egypt
Tel: (002-02) 2405 5845 - 2405 5846
egas@egas.com.eg
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) is the state entity charged with managing upstream activities including infrastructure, licensing, and production and also owns and operates much of the country's refining capacity. International and foreign national oil companies play a significant role in Egypt's upstream sector on a production-sharing basis with EGPC. In addition to the EGPC and the Egyptian.
EGAS was established in August 2001 by the Egyptian Government with a strategy to focus on all aspects of natural gas activities.
History
The Petroleum Industry in Egypt has its roots as far back as Pharaonic times where there are illustrations that depict the utilization of oil as a source of fuel.
In 1886 The Egyptian government drilled its first well in a location named Gemsa in the Eastern Desert. The well produced 25 barrels of crude oil per day. In 1969, the first natural gas discovery was made in Egypt by the IEOC (International Egyptian Oil Company).This was located in Abu Madi.
The Ministry of Petroleum was created in March 1973 as an independent Ministry of the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The creation of an independent Ministry of Petroleum to oversee and regulate the petroleum industry in Egypt is a testament
Key dates in the history of EGPC:
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