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Egypt energy subsidy bill to hit $5 bln-5.4 bln in fiscal 2015-16: minister

A female employee fills the tank of a car at a petrol station in Cairo, Egypt, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (Reuters)

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's energy subsidies for the 2015-16 financial year will total between 45 billion and 48 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.07 billion-5.41 billion), Oil Minister Tarek al-Molla told privately-owned television channel CBC Tuesday. The government plans to list four public sector oil companies on the Cairo stock exchange "not before" September 2016, Mullah added. ($1 = 8.8799 Egyptian pounds) (Reporting by Omar Fahmy, writing by Ahmed Aboulenein, editing by G Crosse)