The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, announced the postpone of the closing date of the first bid round in 2021 for petroleum exploration and production to the end of September 2021 according to the desire of several international oil companies (IOCs).

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, announced that Egypt’s mining sector has set a robust plan targeting mining exports worth $10 billion by 2040, which will boost this sector exports estimated currently with $1.6 billion

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, said the Egyptian Petroleum sector achieved unprecedented production rates of natural gas noting that local consumption rates of oil and gas declined during the previous five months mentioning that petroleum sector carried out 27% of the gross domestic product (GDP) according to the recent data.

Egypt's petroleum exports to the US increased by %44, reaching $176.9 million during 2019, compared to 2018 when it was $122.9 million.