PGNiG to Start Gas Operations in Egypt, Pakistan

Polish gas company PGNiG will carry out two drilling operations in Egypt this year.

The first drilling has already started and the second one is to begin in May, Andrzej Maksym from the company's gas deposits department told the Polish Press Agency, Warsaw Business Journal reported.

The company is expected to spend about $12 million on these operations. It will not build extra infrastructure to transport gas when it starts extraction work, the news report said.

PGNiG is close to launching natural-gas operation in Pakistan with a potential of extracting 1 billion cubic meters annually.