The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources inked a protocol with the Ministry of Local Development, and the Ministry Of Supply and Internal Trading to deliver natural gas to local bakeries.

The Egyptian Prime Minister (PM), Moustafa Madbouly, held a meeting with Toyota Tsusho’s President & CEO, Ichiro Kashitani, and a delegation of firms' officials, in the presence of the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, and Japan Ambassador in Cairo, Masaki Noke, citing a statement published by the Egyptian Cabinet’s page on Facebook.

Mostafa Madbouly, the Prime Minister, held a meeting with the Heads and Representatives of companies’ that manufacture microbuses and minibuses to present the government’s plan to expand in manufacturing new bi-fuel vehicles and converting old ones.

The petroleum sector increased the diesel supply across Egypt’s governorates to reach 1.2 million tons per month following the new fuel prices.

Diesel consumption has fallen by approximately 8% in 2017.

Diesel consumption in Egypt fell from 1.319 million tons in May of 2016 to approximately 1.178 million tons in May 2017, a decline of 141,000 tons.

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation's Chairman, Tarek El Hadidi, stated that Egypt has enough diesel stored to cover five days of local demand, with import cargos arriving regularly. He added that Saudi Arabia's Aramco will supply Egypt with 12 diesel shipments on a monthly bases.