Egypt

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Egypt is a significant oil producer and a rapidly growing natural gas producer. The Suez Canal and Sumed Pipeline are strategic routes for Persian Gulf oil shipments, making Egypt an important transit corridor for world energy markets.
Egypt is now reliant upon oil imports to meet domestic energy demand.
Due to major recent discoveries, natural gas is likely to be the primary growth engine of Egypt's energy sector for the foreseeable future.
Closure of the Suez Canal and SUMED Pipeline would add an estimated 6,000 miles of transit around the continent of Africa.
Egypt's installed generating capacity stood at 23.4 gigawatts (GW) as of 2008, with plans to further expand capacity through additional investments in natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		30 Year History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	725.09	9,372	87,093	26
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	564.47	8,554	74,080	26
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	697.00	3,505	87,421	26	^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	28.09	5,867	--	128	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	726	3,220	88,097	27	726
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.40	124	NA	24	4.40
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		29 Year History	Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,166	7,373	111,346	13	NA
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,630	3,558	112,864	17	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	535	3,813	--	80	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	59	495	NA	20	77
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009				2010
			Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.028	281	7,546	56	0.026
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.366	217	7,318	64	1.001
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-1.338	64	--	38	-0.974
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
			Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	131.37	594	19,071	26	138.73
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	115.82	530	17,360	26	122.37
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	24.67	130	4,843	31	26.91
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008				2009
			Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.851	37	489	28	3.879
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.234	16	491	29	3.387
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7,837	5,620	7,454	58	7,842
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
			Egypt	Africa	World	Rank	Egypt
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	189.48	1,116	29,778	27	196.55