Egypt Plans to Increase Electricity Tariffs

• Tuesday, 9th August 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister, Mohamed Shaker, announced that the government plans to increase electricity tariffs for both residential and commercial consumption. This increase in power price...

Riyadh Cuts Energy, Construction Contracts Spending

• Wednesday, 16th March 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Saudi Arabia has ordered its ministries to reduce spending on contracts included in the 2016 state budget by at least 5 % to outbalance Kingdom’s declined revenues over global oil prices drop, informed Reuters. ...

World Bank Reports Decline in MENA’s Economic Growth

• Sunday, 7th February 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

A World Bank’s recently published report on the Middle East and North Africa stated that 2015 economic growth in the region came to only 2.6%, falling short of a 2.8% forecast in October, as war, terrorism, and ...