The Egyptian cabinet met on the 25th of May and approved six agreements between the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) and a number of unnamed IOCs for oil exploration in the Western Desert.
The Petroleum Projects and Technical Consultations (Petrojet) awarded an insurance tender to Arab Misr Insurance Group (GIG) to provide property insurance for the oil and gas services provider.
Egyptian Minister of Finance, Amr El Jarhi, will meet the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Chairman for Policies and Strategies, Uh Akim von Amsberg, and his accompanying delegation.
The switch stations in Egypt and Saudi Arabia will be linked by land cables, in addition to a submarine cable of 500KV, which is to cross the Gulf of Aqaba at a length of 16km.