Youcef Yousfi set to sort out his predecessor's faulty handling of hydrocarbons' sector

The new Energy and Mines Minister, Youcef Yousfi, is to chair today a broad – based meeting with the top managers of the oil and gas group Sonatrach and its major subsidiaries as well as those in charge of managing the electricity and gas company Sonelgaz with the aim of clearing the air and straightening out the lackluster situation now besetting the national hydrocarbon's sector in the light of the recent money – embezzlement scandal which jolted Sonatrach.