In 2000, Fayum Gas Company signed the concession agreement of phase (I) with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to finance, study, design, supply, construct, operate, and maintain a natural gas distribution network for the domestic, commercial, industrial, and electric power stations in Fayum Governorate.
The scope of work for phase (I) included the following:
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Constructing the high-pressure transmission steel pipeline; 70 bar, ranging from 16" to 12 inch in diameter; stretching along a total length of 72 kilometers from the off-take at Dahshour to the industrial zone in Kom-Oshim and Fayum’s suburban area.
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Constructing two Pressure Reduction, Metering, Odorizing stations (PRMOS); one in Kom-Oshim for industrial customers (70/7 bar; capacity 70,000 m3/hr) and the other at the borders of Fayum for domestic and commercial customers (70/4 bar; capacity 35,000 m3/hr).
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Building the low pressure (LP) network feeding 25,000 domestic customers as well as commercial customers with natural gas.
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Constructing the internal and external installations for 25,000 domestic customers and the other commercial customers.
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Constructing all the required pipelines, pressure reduction stations, and internal networks for the industrial customers located in the industrial zone at Kom-Oshim.
In December 2003, Fayum Gas Company successfully completed phase (I) – four months ahead of the delivery date agreed upon with EGPC.