Egypt Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 77,200,000 #68 in the world
Gas Production 1,742,018 #20 in the world
Gas Consumption 1,692,930 #76 in the world
Daily Surplus +49,088
Gas Imports 127,487
Gas Exports 0
Net Imports 127,487
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Egypt

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Egypt holds 77 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #68 in the world and accounting for about 1.12% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Egypt has proven reserves equivalent to 37.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 38 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
77,200,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #68 | Share of World: 1.12%
38 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Egypt


Gas Consumption in Egypt

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  • Egypt consumes 2,038,202 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Egypt ranks #76 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 1.54% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Egypt consumes 19,656 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 103,696,057 people), or 54 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Egypt

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  • Egypt produces 1,742,018 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #20 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Egypt imports 8% of its natural gas consumption (127,487 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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