Egypt’s gas supplies to petchems firms rebounded strongly last year as a string of field start-ups boosted output by over 1bn cfd, with Eni’s giant 24tcf Zohr field the most recent addition (MEES, 15 December 2017).
Canada’s Methanex, operator (50%) of the 1.26mn t/y EMethanex methanol plant at Damietta on the Mediterranean, has received full gas allocations since late-2016. A lack of gas forced it to shut down for several months in both 2015 and 2016. (CONTINUED - 869 WORDS)
