VOL. XLVII

No 06

09-February-2004

ALGERIA

Skikda Refinery Starts Up After Precautionary Shut Down

The 335,000 b/d Skikda refinery restarted operations on 1 February after precautionary checks were completed on the plant in the wake of the 19 January accident that destroyed three trains of the neighboring LNG plant (MEES, 26 January). The refinery complex was not directly damaged by the LNG accident, but was closed down for precautionary checks before being restarted. Sonatrach usually exports...