Eni Launches Gas Project to Boost Egypt Production Capacity

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• Italian energy major Eni said it started up a new gas-processing hub as part of the Meleiha Phase 2 project in the Merged Meleiha concession in Egypt's Western Desert, beginning commissioning work; the hub can process up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
• The new production will be connected to Egypt's existing gas infrastructure, with Eni saying the move is intended to increase gas supply to the domestic market, though it gave no specific figure for the volume increase.
• Eni is Egypt's largest energy producer, having produced about 242,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day on an equity basis in the country in 2025; the report did not disclose the project's investment cost.

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