# Egypt begins commissioning the second phase of the Meliha gas project > The petroleum ministry says Eni and joint-venture partner Agiba have started commissioning a new gas-processing facility in the Western Desert. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Energy - Country: Egypt - Published: 2026-10-21T00:44:00+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-21T00:44:00+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-20 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations.md) Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on 20 October that Eni and Agiba Petroleum, its joint venture with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, had begun commissioning Phase Two of the Meliha project in the Western Desert. The new hub is intended to increase processing capacity for gas from fields in the concession. The facility is designed to process up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas a day. The phase includes development wells, gathering networks, main transport lines and a dedicated export line. The announcement reports commissioning activity, not actual throughput or a production start date. ## Data ### Design capacity of Meliha Phase Two facility Maximum daily gas-processing capacity stated by the ministry. Methodology: The source states 100 million standard cubic feet per day; the table converts this to 0.1 billion cubic feet per day. | Measure | Billion cubic feet per day | |---|---| | Maximum design processing capacity | 0.1 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations/data/official-source-data?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-millaha-phase-two-gas-plant-starts-operations/data/official-source-data?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources]() (Source checked: 2026-10-21; Published: 2026-10-20) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)