A petroleum ministry official said that Egypt will receive the
first shipment of imported gas in December, which would help reduce the
frequent power outages.
The source confirmed that the government also agreed on seven
shipments from the Russian Gazprom company and five shipments from the
Algerian Sonatrach company, adding that the petroleum ministry will soon
announce the winning company that is converting the gas from liquefied
to natural gas to pump it into the national grid.
Meanwhile, another ministry official denied supplying local or
imported diesel to power plants that does not meet specifications as was
rumored in the past few days, contending that the fuel is not the cause
of the outages.
The official explained that the ministry puts specific conditions
and specifications for tenders to import diesel fuel that are in
accordance with international standards.
He also said that 30 percent of power stations use diesel fuel and
70 percent use gas, adding that the Petroleum Authority is preparing a
new tender for the import of large quantities of diesel fuel.
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