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The importance of water resources for Egyptians has contributed to the creation of agencies, such as the Egyptian Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, that promote and protect Egypt's natural resources. The Nile Delta is currently under threat both from the rising sea levels (caused by climate change) and subsidence.
Water Resources and Extraction in Egypt *) Type of Water Resources Quantity in billion m³ per year; Nile River [16] 56.8 Precipitation [16] 1.8 Fossil Groundwater Extraction [16] 1 Sea Water Desalination [16] 0.1 Sum: 59.7: Reuse of Spilled Water Resources *) Renewable Groundwater Extraction [17] 2.3 Wastewater Reuse [17] 2.9 Agricultural ...
Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM) – Under the guidance of the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the OEMM managed energy and mineral development in over 1.71 billion offshore acres of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and annually disburses to the U.S. Treasury expected of $5 billion in minerals revenue in 2010.
On April 11th, 2023, Egypt announced a contract with EGIT Consulting to study the feasibility of the project. [ 16 ] As of 2024, Saudi Arabia and UAE are exploring projects to mine lithium for electric vehicles from existing onshore salt pans as well as salt pans supplemented with Persian Gulf sea water.
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (OTECA) is an act authorized by Congress to address ocean thermal conversion. It is one of six acts enacted by the Energy Security Act of 1980. [1] Ocean thermal energy conversion is the extraction of energy from the thermal differentials of subsea and surface water in regions with tropical oceans ...
Egypt has signed and ratified the Paris Agreement, as well as submitted a nationally determined contribution (NDC) which sets priority areas as sustainability of agriculture, water resources, the environment, energy, and land management. [4] Egypt is located on the northeast of the continent of Africa. The population was 102.3 million in 2020 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, granting the U.S. ally its full ...
From 1999 to 2010, approximately 176 foreign energy companies invested in Egypt's abundant, fuel resources. [7] Many of these foreign companies including British Petroleum and British Gas, began to build energy and fertilizer plants in Egypt along the Mediterranean coast in Ras El Bar and surrounding governates in order to export fuel.