Sonatrach signs contract for unit with Sinopec subsidiary to boost gasoline production capacity

SINOPEC Engineering Co

17/11/2025 16:11

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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