By: Mohamed Attia

For more than three decades, Shebl Fawzy Mostafa has built his career at the intersection of information technology, telecommunications, enterprise systems, and the operational demands of Egypt’s petroleum industry.

A graduate of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering at Cairo University, Eng. Shebl began his career in 1993 at Badr El Din Petroleum Company (BAPETCO). Over roughly 30 years he progressed from Programmer through successive technical and managerial roles to become Expert/Assistant Chairman for Information Technology and Telecommunications.

From Network Engineering to Technology Leadership

As BAPETCO’s technology environment grew, so did Eng. Shebl’s responsibilities. He led and managed the infrastructure supporting corporate offices, production facilities, remote oil-field locations, and drilling operations.

His experience covers enterprise networks and telecommunications, fiber optics, microwave and VSAT links, LAN/WAN infrastructure, servers, storage, firewalls, IT/OT and SCADA communications, information security, and business continuity and disaster recovery.

Over time his remit moved beyond infrastructure into enterprise systems and technology governance. He worked with SAP ECC 6 and SAP HANA, petroleum applications, technical specifications, procurement, tender evaluation, vendor assessment, implementation, and commissioning.

A major project in the later stage of his BAPETCO career was the transition from the previous SAP ECC 6 environment to an independent SAP HANA greenfield ERP platform. Working with IBM and internal IT and business teams, he helped coordinate requirements, testing, implementation, and the migration of approximately three years of business data. The new SAP HANA environment went live successfully in August 2023.

Expanding to Sector-Level Responsibility

Eng. Shebl later served as CEO Assistant for Information Technology and Telecommunications at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), followed by an appointment as Expert CEO Assistant for IT and Telecom. In this role his responsibilities extended beyond a single operating company to technology initiatives across affiliated petroleum organizations and the Petroleum Sector Modernization Project.

He was selected to (Group 7), a specialized body of experts established in connection with major petroleum-sector modernization projects. As a technical expert, he reviewed technology proposals submitted by competing vendors, assessed technical compliance, and provided technical opinions that informed project and procurement decisions. His wider duties included the technical evaluation of IT and telecommunications tenders.

Among the sector-level initiatives associated with his work were communication links connecting EGPC with approximately 55 affiliated petroleum companies within the project scope, and the automation of daily oil and gas production data from seven upstream affiliates using Avocet and Energy Components. His EGPC portfolio also included SAP implementation and quality assurance, a Decision Support System, petroleum-sector web portals, SAP Basis, and technology planning and budgeting.

Continuing Technology Leadership

Eng. Shebl also served as Assistant Chairman for Information Technology and Telecommunications at PetroSport, where he managed IT and telecommunications activities and took part in institutional committees. His work there included the company’s integrated SASS Finance, HR and Membership system, server, computer, and firewall upgrades, improvements to communications infrastructure, the implementation of Microsoft Exchange, and support for telecommunications modernization.

A Career Shaped by Digital Transformation

From his start as a programmer to senior executive roles at BAPETCO, EGPC, and PetroSport, Eng. Shebl’s career has tracked the evolution of technology in Egypt’s petroleum industry. His experience spans enterprise IT, telecommunications, IT/OT, SCADA, SAP/ERP, information security, operational resilience, technical evaluation, and digital transformation.

His work has increasingly gone beyond managing systems to leading technology functions, directing complex initiatives, evaluating solutions, and contributing to digital projects across petroleum-sector organizations. After more than 30 years in the field, his journey reflects the growing role of technology leadership in connecting infrastructure, enterprise systems, operational data, and the organizations that depend on them.