Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla met with Guido Brusco, Chief Operating Officer of the Natural Resources Sector at Eni, the largest producer and investor in the oil and gas industry in Egypt, the ministry said in a statement.

The minister discussed with the official of the Italian company the progress of joint efforts to speed up the implementation of development and production plans for crude oil and natural gas fields and discoveries to take advantage of high international prices and support plans to increase production to secure local needs.