The Petroleum Pipelines Company (PPC), a state-owned company specialized in transporting crude oil and its products between production fields, refineries, and distributors, plans to implement EGP 16 billion projects aimed at developing, replacing, and enhancing the efficiency of Egypt’s national pipeline network, Haggag Kilany, PPC Chairman, said during a meeting chaired by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi to approve the company’s 2026/27 budget.

Badawi stressed the importance of increasing capital expenditure to modernize the pipeline infrastructure of crude oil and refined products, thereby strengthening network reliability, capacity, and operational resilience.

He described the pipeline system as a critical link connecting upstream production fields with downstream refineries and end consumers, ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely delivery of petroleum products.

During the meeting, Salah Abdel Kerim, CEO of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), reviewed the successful deployment of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)  for monitoring petroleum pipelines and accurately identifying encroachments and theft attempts. This has resulted in these practices dropping to negligible levels compared to previous years

The SCADA integration follows a recently completed EGP 3.3 billion package of projects adopted by the company and aims at securing fuel supplies for electricity plants, which remain the primary consumers of the national network.

Badawi concluded the meeting by directing PPC to align its development plans with Egypt’s broader fuel supply strategies over the next five years. This integration is designed to support refinery upgrades by providing the additional crude oil supplies necessary for domestic facilities to operate at full production capacity.

On the same day, Badawi also approved the investment budget for the Cairo Oil Refining Company (CORC). He instructed the company to prepare a five-year plan to raise production rates and boost operational efficiency to meet growing domestic demand.