CAIRO - Egypt's petroleum minister Tarek El Molla said on Monday that three companies were awarded four bunkering services licenses in following a tender.

The companies are Coral Energy, Minerva Bunkering and Peninsula for two licenses on the Red Sea and two on the Mediterranean Sea.

(Reporting by Maha El Dahan; writing by Nadine Awadalla; editing by Jason Neely) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))