Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek al-Molla has replaced the heads of state oil company EGPC and state gas company EGAS, the Ministry of Petroleum said in a statement on March 15.
Abed Ezz el-Regal will replace Tarek al-Hadidi, appointed in April 2016, as head of EGPC, while Osama Al Bakly will take over from Mohamed al-Masry as head of EGAS.
Once an energy exporter, Egypt has turned into a net importer because of declining oil and gas production and increasing consumption. It is trying to speed up production at recent discoveries.
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