Almasryalyoum cited Mr Abdullah Ghorab petroleum minister of Egypt as saying that 85,000 housing and commercial units in six Upper Egyptian governorates will be provided with natural gas in 2012. The government is committed to providing all governorates with natural gas according to fixed schedules.

South Valley Petroleum Holding Company provided a detailed report on the plan to provide butane for 5,000 housing units in Beni Suef, 20,000 in Minya, 25,000 in Assiut, 10,000 in Sohag, 10,000 in Qena, 10,000 in Aswan and 5,000 in Fayoum.

The Petroleum Ministry has already provided 227,000 housing units with natural gas, most of which were in Beni Suef, Fayoum and Giza.

Mr Sherif Ismail head of the South Valley Petroleum Holding Company said that the government is working to provide natural gas to commercial entities and housing units in Upper Egypt.

(Sourced from www.almasryalyoum.com)