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Eng. Tarek El
Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the Norwegian
Ambassador to Cairo, Hilde Klimtsdal, witnessed the signing of a joint
agreement between the Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company, Mopco and the
Norwegian Skatek Company for joint cooperation in the field of implementing
green projects that include the production of green ammonia from green
hydrogen.
Eng. Tarek El-Molla explained that the agreement comes
as a confirmation of the Egyptian state's commitment to activating
international commitments and agreements with regard to limiting climate
change, and within the framework of expanding the implementation of green
projects to achieve sustainable economic development by strengthening
international investments and partnerships in this field.
Skatek is a leading company in the field of green
energy solutions and has expertise to enable the establishment of a new
integrated complex for the production of green ammonia to meet part of the
local and export needs.
El-Molla added that the agreement is in line with the
ministry's vision for energy transition and the policies followed for the
gradual reduction of emissions, in a way that serves the strategy of
transforming Egypt into a regional center for energy exchange.
The
agreement was signed by Eng. Ibrahim Makki, Chairman of the Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company,
Eng. Mohamed Sobhi, Chairman of MOPCO, and Mr. Terrier Belskog, CEO of
Skatek, in the presence of the company's regional director for North Africa and
the Middle East and director of business development for Skatek, Eng. Ahmed
Al-Khalifa, Undersecretary for Projects, and Eng. Alaa Hajar, Undersecretary for the Office The
technician.