Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi has inspected the petroleum region of Assiut governorate, which includes a comprehensive system for oil refining and production, transportation, and distribution of fuel.

Accompanied by leaders of the petroleum sector, the minister started his tour by inspecting the construction work of the new diesel production complex of Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC) being constructed at an investment cost of $3 billion. The minister also inspected the integrated working system of the geographical oil region of Assiut Oil Refining Company ASORC, Petroleum Pipelines Company (PPC), and Cooperation Petroleum Company (CPC).

During the tour, Badawi affirmed his ministry’s high interest in supporting the petroleum projects in Upper Egypt in a way that serves the citizens living in the southern governorates. In this regard, he referred to the continuous efforts for developing the infrastructure of these governorates to meet the growing demand for oil products, secure a constant supply of fuel, create more jobs, and implement social initiatives for supporting and serving the local communities.

The Minister visited the Assiut Refinery, whose production secures about 70% of Upper Egypt’s consumption of petroleum products. He began the tour by following up on the work of the high-octane gasoline production complex, the most recent production complex at the refinery that supplies the Upper Egypt governorates with about 800,000 tons of gasoline annually.