Egypt's gas production to exceed 6 bcf before end-2018

Egypt’s natural gas production rose by 1.6 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day in 2017, reaching 5.5 bcf per day currently, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said on Sunday.

Production, which has increased thanks to newly discovered fields, will exceed 6 bcf per day before the end of this calendar year, Molla said at a news conference.