Egypt’s Oil Minister Sharif Isma’il has replaced several of the key figures in the country’s state energy hierarchy, according to a statement posted on the ministry’s website last week.

Khalid ‘Abd al-Badi’ takes over as President of EGAS. He was previously Vice President of Operations. EGAS is the gas arm of state oil firm Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). (CONTINUED - 136 WORDS)