Egypt Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Energy === {{Main|Energy in Egypt}} [[File:Darfeel plat.png|thumb|An offshore platform in the Darfeel Gas Field]] Egypt has a developed energy market based on coal, oil, [[natural gas]], and [[Hydropower|hydro power]]. Substantial coal deposits in the northeast Sinai are mined at the rate of about {{convert|600000|t|-4}} per year. Oil and gas are produced in the western desert regions, the [[Gulf of Suez]], and the Nile Delta. Egypt has huge reserves of gas, estimated at {{convert|2180|km3|-1}},<ref name="eia">{{cite web|title=Egypt|url=http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=EG|website=U.S. Energy Information Administration|access-date=24 February 2015|date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218034336/http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=EG|archive-date=18 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Liquefied natural gas|LNG]] up to 2012 exported to many countries. In 2013, the Egyptian General Petroleum Co (EGPC) said the country will cut exports of natural gas and tell major industries to slow output this summer to avoid an energy crisis and stave off political unrest, Reuters has reported. Egypt is counting on top liquid natural gas (LNG) exporter Qatar to obtain additional gas volumes in summer, while encouraging factories to plan their annual maintenance for those months of peak demand, said EGPC chairman, Tarek El Barkatawy. Egypt produces its own energy, but has been a net oil importer since 2008 and is rapidly becoming a net importer of natural gas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/egypt-reduce-natural-gas-exports-avoid-343607 |title=Egypt to reduce natural gas exports to avoid energy crisis |publisher=AMEinfo.com |access-date=6 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803013304/http://www.ameinfo.com/egypt-reduce-natural-gas-exports-avoid-343607 |archive-date= 3 August 2013 }}</ref> Egypt produced 691,000 [[bbl/d]] of oil and 2,141.05 Tcf of natural gas in 2013, making the country the largest non-[[OPEC]] producer of oil and the second-largest dry natural gas producer in Africa. In 2013, Egypt was the largest consumer of oil and natural gas in Africa, as more than 20% of total oil consumption and more than 40% of total dry natural gas consumption in Africa. Also, Egypt possesses the largest oil refinery capacity in Africa 726,000 bbl/d (in 2012).<ref name="eia" /> Egypt is currently building its first [[El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant in El Dabaa]], in the northern part of the country, with $25 billion in Russian financing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia to lend Egypt $25 billion to build nuclear power plant|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-russia-nuclear-idUSKCN0YA1G5|date=19 May 2016|access-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516193807/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-russia-nuclear-idUSKCN0YA1G5|archive-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page