VOL. XXXIII

NO. 29

23-APRIL-1990

Algeria

Liquid Helium Plant Established on a Joint Venture Basis

Algeria's national oil Company Sonatrach signed on 16 April a joint venturewith the American firm Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APCI) and the FrenchCompany L'Aire Liquid SA for the establishment of a company for the productionof liquid helium and nitrogen.

The new plant, called Helios, to be constructed at Bethioua (Oran) will havean annual production capacity of 16mn cu. ms. of helium and 33,000...