The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said it is providing daily quantities of fuel to Egyptian power plants, reaching 155 million cubic meters equivalent per day of fuel of all kinds, “natural gas and petroleum liquids”, until mid-September to ensure the complete stability of the national electricity grid in the country.

The ministry indicated that the quantities of fuel directed to power plants can be increased by about 5% to cope with any increase in the consumption of power plants in the event of high temperatures, as these quantities represent the total approximate needs of Egyptian power stations, which can rise or fall after the cancellation of load shedding.

It explained that the quantities of fuel currently being supplied by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum to power plants are higher by between 15 and 20% than those it was pumping during the same period last month, expecting a gradual decline in fuel consumption during next September, i.e., with the beginning of the break in the heat of the weather.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity stated in an official statement last week that the reduction in electricity loads leads to a reduction in fuel consumption worth 127 million pounds for every 1000 megawatts over the course of the day.

The Ministries of Petroleum and Electricity in Egypt are coordinating regarding the daily fuel consumption rates according to the expected temperatures to support the Egyptian government’s plans aimed at canceling the easing of electricity loads until mid-September, as the plan announced by the Egyptian government to rationalize energy consumption contributed to reducing the gap between production and consumption, which occurs due to a shortage of fuel for operating stations, and the savings on some days reached 1000 megawatts.

The quantities of gas that are pumped to the local market are being provided at about 4.7 billion cubic feet per day from local production, and between 870 and 900 million cubic feet of Israeli gas are imported into Egypt, where it is pumped through the gas pipeline between the two countries, in addition to the gas pipeline across Jordan. Some shipments of liquefied natural gas are also being secured from abroad to bridge the consumption gap in the summer.