Egypt

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Egypt is the largest non-OPEC oil producer in Africa and the second largest natural gas producer on the continent.
One of Egypt's challenges is to satisfy increasing domestic demand for oil in the midst of falling domestic production. Although in recent years, oil output has experienced moderate increases from new production at smaller fields.
Due to major recent discoveries, natural gas is likely to be the primary growth engine of Egypt's energy sector. However, growing domestic demand, supported by government subsides, has caused the government to regulate the amount of gas exports.
The Suez Canal and Sumed Pipeline are strategic routes for Persian Gulf oil shipments to Europe. Closure of the Suez Canal and SUMED Pipeline would add an estimated 6,000 miles of transit around the continent of Africa.
As a result of Egypt's growing domestic energy demand, the government plans to increase the amount of power generated from renewable sources, particularly wind and solar.

Analysis Last Updated: January 25, 2012

Overview data for Egypt

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	725.68	9,367	87,329	26	720.02
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	566.47	8,571	74,136	26	555.82
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	697.00	3,505	87,605	25	697.00 ^FFF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	28.68	5,862	--	133	23.02
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	726	3,220	88,097	27	726
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.40	124	1,474	26	4.40
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,166	7,373	111,954	13	2,163
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,630	3,558	113,321	17	1,792
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	535	3,813	--	80	371
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	59	495	6,637	21	77
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	286	7,954	63	0.026
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.316	223	7,770	63	1.316
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-1.316	64	--	38	-1.290
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	131.37	594	19,071	26	138.73
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	115.82	530	17,360	26	122.37
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	24.67	130	4,843	31	26.91
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.923	36	487	29	3.854
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.203	16	488	28	3.307
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7,418	5,405	7,461	58	7,285
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	190.59	1,155	31,502	29	201.67