BBC News announced that the Italian energy group Eni founds one of the world’s largest natural gas fields off Egypt’s coast in an area 1,450m (4,757 feet) beneath the surface of 100 sq km (39 sq miles). It could hold as much as 30 trillion cubic feet of gas, or 5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

This will help to meet Egypt’s gas needs for decades and can transform energy scenario of Egypt,” said Claudio Descalzi at Eni: (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34102656)

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