Arab Energy will install a new technology to use butane as a fuel for industries in Egypt after converting it to have the same technical characteristics of natural gas, said the company chairman.
The new technology will be deployed in factories with the presence of a tank to receive and pump butane into the internal grid of the factories while mixing it with air. The butane will then be delivered to clients using special transportation trucks, Khaled Abu Bakr was quoted as saying in a Daily News Egypt report.
Arab Energy applied the technology in Dubai and Qatar, whereas Abu Dhabi and Yas Island are completely operating with butane instead of gas, the report said, explaining that it is pumped through pipelines after mixing with air to become lighter with a lower percentage of butane.
Arab Energy is studying the implementation of the technology to use butane for medium-consumption factories away from the national natural gas grid, Abu Bakr said.
The company is currently negotiating with the government to allow the import of butane with a value of $8-10 per million thermal units, and the state is working on liberalising the energy market with specific mechanisms and controls, he added.
