Sonatrach set to upgrade fuel oil refining capacity
State energy company Sonatrach is set to issue tenders in June for engineering work on an estimated $200 million-250 million project to build a grassroots gas oil hydro-desulphurisation (HDS) plant at Skikda in the northeast, MEED has learned.'Algiers needs to upgrade the quality of its oil products in order to meet European standards,' says the local manager of one European oil contractor. 'Crude from the Hassi Messaoud field used to comply with international specifications, but ...
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