Monday Minutes: Economic Snapshot
A summary of last week’s major macroeconomic updates and indicators brought to you on one page for your convenience.
A summary of last week’s major macroeconomic updates and indicators brought to you on one page for your convenience.
Engineer Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources received Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Union Commission for the European Green Deal and the European Commissioner for Climate Action and his accompanying delegation.
Engineering for Petroleum & Process Industries Company (Enppi) Chairman Mohamed Abdel Aziz announced that in 2021 the company achieved an increase in net profit by 22%, compared to last year.
Production is the main pillar of the company and the secret of its strength, as the amount of production during 2021 reached about 2.7 million tons, an increase of 12.5% over 2020.
Misr Fertilizer Production Company (MOPCO) announced that it had achieved total revenues of around EGP 10.3 billion in 2021, an increase of 40% over the previous year.
According to the company's production Summary, TransGlobe's production from Egypt reached a year-to-date (YTD) average of 10,045 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). In Egypt production was impacted by poor weather in February and higher water cuts than anticipated at South Ghazalat.
El Molla explained that the implementation of the ministry's strategy reflected positively on the success of Petrojet's plan during the past five years and its achievement of tangible results that speak for themselves, which are considered a success story to be emulated, stressing the importance of supporting digital transformation, safety, human capacity development, and empowering youth and women.
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, received Christian Berger, the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) in Cairo, and his accompanying delegation, where they reviewed areas of joint cooperation between the petroleum sector and European companies.
Tanmia Petroleum’s Chairman and Managing Director, Ahmed Bahgat, reviewed the company’s activity during 2021 and what it included in achieving an increase in the company’s profits by 50 percent over the year before, in light of the challenges that the company faced.
The Egyptian Company for the Distribution of Natural Gas for Cities (Town Gas) held a general assembly meeting to approve the results of its work during 2021, in the presence of Magdy Galal, Chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), and Alaa Al Batal, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)’s Chairman.