Sonatrach signs contract for unit with Sinopec subsidiary to boost gasoline production capacity
Reuters
Nov 18
Sonatrach signs contract for unit with Sinopec subsidiary to boost gasoline production capacity
CAIRO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Algeria's state-owned energy company Sonatrach signed on Monday a contract with Chinese company Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering to build a hydrotreating and reforming unit to treat heavy naphtha at its Arzew refinery.
In a statement, Sonatrach said the new unit will help boost the refinery's gasoline production capacity from 550,000 tons to 1.2 million tons annually.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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