Project Profile
Value: US$6,000 million
Location: Tiaret, Algeria
Start-up Year: 2015
Capacity: 15 million tons/annum & 300,000 bbl/day
The project will see construction of a 450,000 barrels per day grassroots export refinery at Tiaret. The refinery will produce gas oil, gasoline, kerosene, butane, propane, and naphtha for both export and domestic consumption.
Operator:
Sonatrach
Contractors:
Jacobs Consulting: Feasibility studies
Amec Foster Wheeler: Awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Sonatrach SPA for refinery located in Tiaret. Amec Foster Wheeler will also support Sonatrach in the selection of technology licensors for the refinery. (March 2016)