Energy

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Carbon Holdings aims to finalize funding and start building its massive Tahrir petrochemicals project by June, producing raw materials desperately needed to boost the country’s industrial sector, its chief executive told Reuters.

Apache Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc plan to start producing unconventional gas from their joint venture in Egypt's Western Desert by the end of June even as Apache is cutting investment in the nation because of falling oil prices.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Britain's BP Plc (BP.L) aims to double natural gas production in Egypt in the next four years despite weak oil prices as Egypt's burgeoning energy market offers hope for its battered economy.

Cairo Solar has lined up a $51 million loan from the International Finance Corp. for a planned 50-megawatt solar farm. Chairman Hisham Tawfik says he�s worried about paying it back because the government has guaranteed payment for the electricity it will produce -in Egyptian pounds.

Egyptian energy production and distribution company TAQA Arabia is working to help tackle the country's acute energy shortages. Egypt is struggling with electricity generation and delivery issues - among other energy-related problems - that require flexible solutions.

Egypt is in talks with several big investors about building coal-fired power plants as it works to diversify its sources of generation amid the country's worst energy crisis in decades

CAIRO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Apache Corp APA.N, one of the largest foreign investors in Egypt

Houston-based Apache Corp. is one of the most active foreign oil and gas producers in Egypt, and Apache's production there last year was second only to what it pumps in the United States.

Egyptian Refining Co. (ERC) is set to start construction on its long-delayed grassroots refining upgrade project to be built within the existing Mostorod Petroleum Complex (MPC), 20 km northeast of Cairo in Qalyoubia Governate, Egypt.