Egypt plans to drill 35 natural gas wells by 2025 with investments worth $1.5 billion, the cabinet said in a statement on Tuesday citing the petroleum minister.

The country is also planning to drill five additional wells at its Zohr megafield from 2024, Tarek El Molla said.

(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah; writing by Nadine Awadalla; editing by Jason Neely)