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    Daily News Egypt: EGAS Suspends Gas to 78% of Fertiliser Plants to Save Fuel for Electricity

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Egypt's EGAS has cut off gas supply to almost 80% of its fertiliser plant customers until the end of the religious period of Ramadan to prevent power outages

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

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Daily News Egypt: EGAS Suspends Gas to 78% of Fertiliser Plants to Save Fuel for Electricity

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) suspended gas supply pumping to 80% of fertiliser plants of dense fuel consumption in Egypt.

This step was taken due to the increase in the power stations’ fuel consumption because of high temperatures.

An official at EGAS told Daily News Egypt that, since the begging [sic] of Ramadan, gas supply was suspended to the plants of Apec, Misr Fertilizers Production Company (MOPCO), Helwan, Al-Masriya 1 and Al-Masriya 2, Alexandria, El-Nasr for Fertilizers and Chemical industries.

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