Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 44

31-October-2005

tunisia

Tunisia Plans Second Refinery At $1.3Mn

A $1.3bn project to build Tunisias second oil refinery, with a capacity of 140,000 b/d, has been approved by the Tunisian government, the daily al-Hayat reported on 24 October. The planned refinery will be located in the coastal city of Sukhaira (300km south of Tunis) and will be supplied with crude oil imported from Libya and Algeria. The Tunisian government has started seeking investors...