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Natural gas delivery to homes registers a 30 years high
Doaa Farid Published in Daily News Egypt on 07 - 01 - 2014

Natural gas delivery to homes in December reached its highest level in 30 years at 80,000 residential units, according to an official statement from Ministry of Petroleum.
Taher Abdel Reheem, chairman of Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), attributed this hike to the increased accessibility to funds needed for implementing the ministry's plan to deliver natural gas to 800,000 homes in the current fiscal year.
The government will bear EGP 1.5bn of the cost of this project, while an additional EGP 1500 will be charged to each customer to access this service, whether through cash or monthly installments, Abdel Reheem noted in the statement.
Abdel Reheem pointed out that the delivery process was carried out by 12 specialised companies in this field under the supervision of EGAS.
According to Abdel Reheem, natural gas has been distributed to residential units in 23 governorates including Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said and Gharbeya.
The petroleum sector plans in the coming months to intensify delivery rates and will following up with the work of suppliers, he added.
Replacing cooking gas cylinders in homes with natural gas will reduce the subsidies allocated by the government to butane gas cylinders, the statement read, adding that this project comes in line with the ministry's policy to alleviate burdens on citizens.
Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail pointed out earlier in December that reducing butane gas subsidies saved the country EGP 8bn.
Earlier in December, Ministry of Finance announced that it allocated EGP 225m to the petroleum ministry to continue delivering natural gas to homes.
The total number of residential units connected to natural gas systems reached 5.8 million until the end of December.
The government has attempted continuously to increase the use of natural gas in order to rationalise spending on energy subsidies. Ismail opened in December a natural gas pressure-reducing station that will supply the Hurghada Power Station, which was converted to work with natural gas instead of subsidised diesel.
According to Minister of Planning Ashraf El-Arabi, the government's first economic stimulus package includes buying 600 buses for public transportation that run on natural gas instead of fuel.

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