VOL. XLVII

No 16

19-April-2004

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Issues Preliminary Conclusions From Skikda Blast Investigation

Preliminary investigations into the 19 January Skikda blast that destroyed three trains of the LNG plant and killed 27 workers indicate that the explosion was due to a large and sudden cold hydrocarbon leak in gas or liquid form, according to Sonatrach Vice-President for Marketing Ali Hached (MEES, 26 January). In his presentation to the LNG-14 conference in Doha on 21 March, Mr Hached...