{
  "id": 17055768,
  "title": "Egypt prepares for largest-ever hydraulic fracturing operation in its oil and gas history to revive gas output",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/egypt-prepares-for-largest-ever-hydraulic-fracturing-operation-in-its",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T11:29:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/energy/egypt-prepares-for-largest-ever-hydraulic-fracturing-operation-in-its-oil-and-gas-history-to-revive-gas-output-1.500728306"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Egypt's Badr El Din Petroleum Company (Bapetco) is preparing to carry out the largest multistage hydraulic fracturing operation in the country's oil and gas history, targeting the Obaiyed H18 horizontal well in the Western Desert as Cairo steps up efforts to reverse declining natural gas production and strengthen domestic energy supplies. The project, to be executed by US oilfield services…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}