the Minister of Petroleum appealed to the Council of Ministers to save EGPC from its financial troubles, represented as they are by a high ceiling of the debt, in addition to its inability to collect its dues from government agencies.
Banque Misr will provide an EGP 1.75bn share in the loan coordinated for the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), according to Banque Misr Chairman Mohamed El-Etreby.
German company DEA plans to invest about $274m during the coming fiscal year to increase oil and gas production rates from its concessions in the Gulf of Suez and Kafr el-Sheikh.
The petroleum sector is currently implementing projects worth $9.4 billion, in addition to projects that have been completed, Egypt's petroleum minister said on Monday.
Egyptian cable company El Sewedy Electric announced it had won a 785m euro portion of a 2 billion euro ($2.27 billion) deal to build a combined cycle power plant in Beni Suef, south of Cairo, in a consortium with Germany's Siemens.
Saudi Arabia's water and electricity minister, Abdullah Ben Abdelrahman Al-Hussein, arrived in Cairo to meet with officials over possible cooperation between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, state news agency MENA reported.
A government committee is set to exempt millions of subscribers from an upcoming electricity price hike, following a Sunday presidential decision to ease the financial burden on poorer citizens, reported state-owned Al-Ahram.