Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 47

21-November-2005

ALGERIA

BHP Billiton Joins Statoil/Petro SA Bid For Tinrhert GTL Plant

Norways Statoil has confirmed to MEES that Australian energy and mining company BHP Billiton has joined Statoil and Petro SA of South Africa in a bid to built Algerias first gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant. Statoil spokesman Kai Nielsen said BHP had an option to join in the group and had now done so. Bids for the 36,000 b/d GTL project are to be submitted by the end of...