CAPMAS also said that the total cost of transporting natural gas during the FY stood at LE 2.4b billion
Egypt has transported around 59.1 million metric tons of petroleum products in FY 2019/2020, with the total cost of transporting them at LE 27.5 billion in the same fiscal year, announced the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
These include petroleum products, raw materials, condensates, butane by petroleum pipelines.
CAPMAS also said that the total cost of transporting natural gas during the FY stood at LE 2.4b billion.
In a recent report, the agency stated that the quantities of crude oil and petroleum products transported by chartered coastal tankers reached 7.8 million tons in FY 2019/20.
The average transportation cost per tons stood at LE 133 compared to 5.9m metric tons in FY 2018/19, reflecting an increase of 32.2 percent.
The quantities transported of natural gas reached 61.2 billion cbm for FY 2019/20, of which 59.3bn cbm, or 96.9 percent, were for the local market. The remaining 1.9 billion cbm, or 3.1 percent, was allocated for export, with the average cost of transporting a cubic meter of LE 0.04 for each compared to 63.8bn cbm in general.
CAPMAS explained that the total quantities transported by means of transportation of petroleum products in FY 2019/20 amounted to 150.5 million metric tons compared to 149.8 million metric tons in FY 2018/19, an increase of 0.4 percent.
It added that the total quantities of petroleum products transported by railway tanks amounted to 276,900 metric tons. The average transportation cost per ton stood at LE 74, compared to 282,500 metric tons, a decrease of 2 percent, which represents the least quantities transported.
According to CAPMAS, the quantities transported by trucks reached 19.2m metric tons in FY 2019/20, with an average transportation cost of LE 54 compared to 27m metric tons in FY 2018/19, a decrease of 28.8 percent.
The quantities transported by the Sumed line reached 64.1m metric tons, representing the highest quantities transported, compared to 61.2m metric tons, reflecting an increase of 4.7 percent.
CAPMAS noted that the number of the main petroleum pipelines amounted to 83, with a total length of 5,900 km in FY 2019/20, compared to 80 lines with a total length of 5,800 km in FY 2018/19.
