The oil sector, which was once one of the main sources of hard currency for the public exchequer, has become one of the heaviest "burdens" on the state's foreign exchange reserves since the 25 January 2011 revolution, according to the Finance Minister, Mr. Momtaz al-Said, as quoted by Al Ahmrn. In less than 15 months, he said, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) had received funding of $6.5 billion from his ministry, not counting the guarantees of $835 million it had provided the company. According to some sources, the Oil Ministry needs $100 million a week to cover the domestic market's demand for subsidized petroleum products, in addition to the needs of power stations.
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机译：财政部长称，自2011年1月25日革命以来，石油部门曾经是硬性财政的主要硬通货来源之一，现已成为该州外汇储备最重的“负担”之一。 Al Ahmrn引用的Momtaz al-Said。他说，在不到15个月的时间里，埃及通用石油公司（EGPC）从其部获得了65亿美元的资金，这还不算埃及为该公司提供的8.35亿美元的担保。根据一些消息来源，石油部除了需要电站外，每周还需要1亿美元来满足国内市场对石油补贴产品的需求。
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