1970 -1st commercial discovery of Natural Gas (Abu-Madi)
1980 - Start of Natural Gas distribution to end-users (Households)
1983 - Establishment of Egypt Gas (1st Local Distribution Company LDC)
Mid 80s - Start to develop the National Gas Grid
1995 - Establishment of Gastec and CarGas (1st Compressed Natural Gas CNG companies)
1996 - Start of CNG activities
1997 - Establishment of Egyptian Natural Gas Company (Gasco) (Transmission System Operator TSO)
2001 - Establishment of Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
2003 -1st Pipeline Export project “Arab Gas pipeline ”
2004 –1st Exported LNG Cargo from DLNG-Damietta
2005 –1st Exported LNG Cargo from ELNG-Idku
2015 -1st Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit FSRU terminal “Hoegh” 500 MMSCFD and 2nd FSRU terminal “BW” 750 MMSCFD
2015 – Discovery Zohr -1 with added reserve about 21.5 TSCF gas
Dec. 2017 - Early product of Egypt’s giant discovery (Zohr)2018 Egypt reach self-sufficiency of gas & stop LNG imports at Sep. 2018
2018 Egypt reach self-sufficiency of gas & stop LNG imports at Sep. 2018
2019 EGAS achieved a remarkable leap for NG connection rates to residential, commercial and industrial consumers, and highest rates in vehicles converted to compressed natural gas CNG.
2019 1st Gas export to Jordan through Arab Gas Pipeline (After 4 Yrs stop due to gas supply deficit)
2020 Damietta liquefaction gas back to service & achieving full utilization in both liquefaction Plants in Idku & Damietta and restart LNG export activities
2020 NG Grid achieved 100% full coverage for gas supplies to electrical power station
2023 A Decent Life Initiative [Hayat Karima], where the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources contributes to implementing the project to develop villages in the Egyptian countryside, which aims to deliver natural gas to 841 villages.
2023&2024 64 Million Egyptian citizen connected by natural gas & saving consuming more than 270 M LPG bottle/year
