The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources plans to connect an additional seven natural gas wells to the national production grid over the next four months, a step intended to save about 20% of Egypt’s total gas imports, a source at the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) told Al Manassa.
The new wells will add initial output estimated at about 420 million cubic feet per day, the source said, describing this as a “significant saving” on gas imports, which currently fluctuate between 1.6–1.7 billion cubic feet per day during periods of low winter consumption and rise sharply in summer.
According to the source, who asked not to be named, the bulk of the anticipated supplies will come from four projects developing existing fields and wells, in addition to three recent discoveries that will be connected to the commercial production line.
Offshore fields will account for the largest share of the added volumes, at about 70% of the total new output, while onshore fields will represent about 30% of the production targeted for addition by the end of the third quarter of this year.
In April 2026, the petroleum ministry announced the addition of four new natural gas wells to production, with a combined output of 120 million cubic feet per day.
Egypt has been struggling to reduce its petroleum import bill, which has worsened after global prices rose in the wake of the war on Iran. The prime minister said in March that the monthly gas import bill had exceeded $1.6 billion.
The new wells, to be connected to the national grid, are located in concessions in the Mediterranean, the Nile Delta, and the Western Desert, and are owned by foreign partners, most notably Shell, Italy’s Eni, and Cheiron.
The source added that the new production will help bolster gas supplies to power stations during the summer, with part of the volumes allocated to meet the needs of industrial sectors, supporting the stability of the domestic energy market, and easing the pressures linked to rising seasonal consumption.
Egypt’s current demand for natural gas is estimated at about 6.6 billion cubic feet per day, rising to around 7 billion cubic feet per day at the peak of summer, underscoring the importance of the new projects in closing the widening gap between production and consumption.
