(MENAFN) Egypt's giant gas field Zohr in the Mediterranean is being studied to boost its gas production to 700 million cubic feet per day in May, petroleum minister Tarek El-Molla told Reuters on Sunday.
In 2015, Italy's Eni discovered Zohr that contains an estimated surplus of 30 trillion cubic feet of gas.
In December 2017, El-Molla said that pumping natural gas into Zohr to Port Said treatment plant had kicked off with a primary production capacity of 350 million cubic feet per day (mcfd).
Egypt pursues accelerating production from recently discovered fields, hoping to phase out gas import by 2019 and achieve self-sufficiency.
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