The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, stated that the ministry has paid off an amount of $5.4b to cover all arrears for the fiscal year 2015/2016 in regard to purchases of equity c ...
Egypt’s overdue debt to foreign oil companies rose to $3b at the end of December 2015, up from $2.7b at the end of October, said Petroleum Minister, Tarek El Molla.
The debt of the Ministry of Petroleum to the Ministry of Finance has climbed to reach EGP 100bn. The main reason for that was the Ministry’s effort to pay accumulating arrears to foreign partners.