The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) agreed with the Italian petroleum company Eni to export only the surplus production from Zohr gas field by 2017, of which the daily production capacity will reach 1bn cubic feet (bcf), Youm7 reported Saturday. EGPC's CEO Mohamed Al-Masry said the agreement includes increasing gas production to reach 2.7bcf per day by 2019. The reserves of the Zohr field, discovered in the deep water of the Mediterranean Sea, are estimated at 30tcf, and 20tcf are available for production.