Oil, environment Mins discuss environmental coordination efforts with oil companies in Suez, Red Sea

CAIRO - 28 April 2020: Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Molla discussed with Minister of Environment Yassmin Fouad the executive stance of the plans of environmental coordination with the petroleum companies working in Suez and the Red Sea according to the environmental conditions stipulated by environment protection law no. 4 for 1994.

During the second meeting of the higher committee for coordination and environmental reform to face the issues of industrial drainage in Suez, both ministers discussed the efforts of the petroleum companies and the plans of environmental reform to reach drastic solutions for the problem of industrial drainage in the waters of the Gulf of Suez.

They both agreed on continuous coordination between the officials of both ministries on reform plans for the public interest and asserted the importance of using latest the technology specialized in treating industrial sanitation water.