埃及石油和矿产资源部长卡里姆·巴达维谈到了该国碳氢化合物勘探的新阶段，其中包括到 2030 年钻探 586 口勘探井。
计划到 2026 年钻探 110 口井，投资 12 亿美元。到 2030 年，钻探井数将增加到 586 口，计划投资 72 亿美元。
据信，埃及拥有 2.2 万亿立方米的惊人天然气储量，但目前其蓝色燃料的生产遇到了很大问题。2018 年，在最大的海上油田 Zohr 达到满负荷生产后，埃及不仅实现了蓝色燃料的自给自足，而且还有能力出口。
然而，近年来，祖尔气田的产量开始急剧下降，埃及被迫放弃出口，并不得不寻求进口天然气。以色列停止供应甲烷，进一步加剧了这一情况。
此前，埃及除了接受本国的蓝色燃料外，还接受以色列的天然气进行液化。
Egyptian Oil and Mineral Resources Minister Karim Badawi spoke about a new stage of hydrocarbon exploration in the country, which includes drilling 586 exploratory wells by 2030.
It is planned to drill 110 wells by 2026 for $1.2 billion. By 2030, the number of wells should increase to 586, with $7.2 billion planned to be spent on this.
The country is believed to have very impressive gas reserves of 2.2 trillion cubic meters, but now Egypt has big problems with the production of blue fuel. In 2018, after reaching full production capacity of the largest offshore field Zohr, Egypt not only switched to self-sufficiency in blue fuel, but could also afford to export it.
However, in recent years, production at Zohr has begun to fall sharply, as a result of which Egypt was forced to abandon exports, and the country also had to look for imported gas volumes. The situation was further aggravated by the cessation of methane supplies from Israel.
Earlier, Egypt, along with its own volumes of blue fuel, also accepted Israeli gas for liquefaction.
