Changing of the guard at state oil + petchem firms

Oil Minister Tarek El Molla has reshuffled the top management of state-owned oil companies. Some of the key appoint ments:

• Salah Gaber Rizk Bahnasi was appointed acting chairman and managing director of Middle East Oil Refining Company (Midor).
• Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed El Sayed was appointed acting chairman and managing director of Misr Fertilizer Production Company (Mopco).
• Hisham Riyad Hussein Suleiman was appointed acting chairman and managing director of the Egyptian Company for Ethylene and Derivatives Production (Ethydco).
• Ashraf Bahaa El Din Aboul Fotouh was appointed acting chairman of South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Company (Ganope).