VOL. XXXIV

NO. 43

29-JULY-1991

Algeria

MTBE Project Planned in Algeria

Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach signed an agreement on 12 July to carry out economic and technical feasibility studies with France'sTotal and Italy's Ecofuel (a member of the ENI/Agip group) for the constructionof a 600,000 tons/year methyl-tertio-butyl-ether (MTBE) project. The proposedplant is to be located at the industrial city of Arzew in the western part ofthe country and is estimated to cost around $400mn. A final...