Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Egypt)

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The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is the Egyptian authority that supervises exploration, production, marketing and distribution of oil, gas and other natural resources. The current Minister is Mohamed Ghorab.

The petroleum sector in Egypt consists of 6 state-owned entities. These are: Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company(EGAS), Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company (GANOPE), and Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources.

See also

• Cabinet of Egypt

References

• Nawar, Abdel-Hameed (2005). ""The Emerging Landscape of the Natural Gas in Egypt"". Cairo University, manuscript. 

External links

• Ministry website
• The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
• The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company
• The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company
• Ganoub El-Wadi Petroleum Holding Company
• Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources