Egypt is positioning its oil, gas, and mining infrastructure as a platform to connect African resources with regional and international markets, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi said.

Speaking at the first Alamein Africa Business Forum in New Alamein City, Badawi said Egypt’s geographic location, infrastructure, and national companies’ expertise can support greater integration across Africa’s petroleum, gas, and mining sectors.

Egypt’s infrastructure includes natural gas networks, LNG facilities in Idku and Damietta, pipelines, petroleum ports, refineries, and petrochemical complexes. Badawi said these assets can support refining, blending, storage, transportation, and petroleum product production for African crude producers, helping retain more value within the continent.

He also highlighted the capabilities of Egyptian petroleum companies across engineering, procurement, construction, drilling, refinery operations, and infrastructure development. Petrojet’s work on Algeria’s Hassi Bir Rkaiz field, Eprom’s activities in Nigeria, and Egyptian Drilling Company’s international operations are among the examples he cited.

Badawi also said Egypt supports the African Energy Bank initiative under the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), which aims to provide financing for exploration, production, transportation, storage, LNG, refining, petrochemicals, and infrastructure projects across the continent.

The minister also inspected the Petroleum Ministry’s pavilion and met representatives of 10 Egyptian petroleum and mining companies, urging them to engage with African officials and explore projects in energy, infrastructure, and mining.

Earlier in May 2026, Petrojet secured a $1.1 billion contract to develop Phase Two of Algeria’s Hassi Bir Rkaiz field, while the African Energy Bank was established in June 2024 with initial capital of $5 billion to finance African energy resources.