Tuk Tuks and Motorcycles to Be Included in Smart Card System

• Monday, 21st September 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

In a statement made to Egypt Oil & Gas (EOG), Khaled Abdul Ghani, Director of the Smart Card system, said that statistics are being compiled for or those eligible to receive subsidies within the smart cards system...

Egypt Fuel Subsidies to be Distributed Only by Smart Cards

• Thursday, 10th September 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Khalid Abdul Ghani, Director of the Smart Card system for distribution of petroleum products, confirmed that all data for those eligible for fuel subsidies – 5.6m citizens – has been handed over to the traffic authori...

Fuel Subsidy Card Posponed

• Sunday, 14th June 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi asked his government on Saturday to consider postponing a smart card system for subsidized fuel which was due to come into effect in two days, state media said. “The ...

Petroleum Ministry: No Truth to Rumors of Fuel Price Increase

• Thursday, 21st May 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources denied that it currently had any intention to increase prices of petroleum products. The ministry’s official spokesman Hamdi Abdel Aziz insisted that what had been repor...

Fuel Smart Card System to Take Effect from June 15

• Sunday, 3rd May 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Egypt will begin rolling out a smart card system for subsidised fuel from June 15, the head of the firm overseeing the project said, part of plans to reduce costly energy subsidies over time. Fuel subsidies have long ...