The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Sherif Haddara, announced a reshuffling of key administrators within government-controlled companies that oversee and participate in various aspects of the petroleum sector.  The shuffle aims to improve performance and efficiency.

The new appointments include:

• Dr. Sherif Soussa, formerly Chairman of EGAS, was appointed to First Undersecretary for Gas Affairs at the Ministry of Petroleum.
• Taher Abdel Raheem, formerly Deputy Chairman of EGAS was promoted to Chairman of EGAS.
• Abed Ezz Al Regal, formerly Deputy Chairman of EGAS was appointed as Chairman of Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO).
• Ahmed El Hawary, formerly Chairman of El Mansoura Petroleum Company, was appointed as Chairman of Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel).
• Emad El Din Hamdy, formerly Chairman of Esh El Mallaha Petroleum Company, was named as Chairman of Badr EL Din Petroleum Company.
• Atef Mohamed Hassan, formerly Assistant to the Chairman of Operations at Petrobel, was appointed as President at Mansoura Petroleum Company.
• Al Sayed Abdel Lateed Bedir, formerly Chairman of Suez Oil Company (SOCO), was appointed as the new chairman of Esh El Mallaha Petroleum Company.
• Mohamed Mahoud Baydoon, formerly Assistant to the Chairman at SOCO, was promoted to Chairman of SOCO.
• Ghareeb Abdel Aty, formerly Chairman of Al Fanar Petroleum Company was appointed as Chairman of PetroGulf Company
• Abdel Wahab Ahmed Nour El Din, General Manager of Operations at PetroSinai Company, was appointed as Chairman of PetroShahd.
• Al Sayed Abdel Hamif Al Shoura, General Manager of the Gulf of Suez region for GUPCO, was named as General Manager of Operations.