Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 39

27-September-2004

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Takes Delivery Of Two New LPG Tankers

Sonatrach officially took delivery of two of three new LPG carriers on 17 September at a ceremony in Japan. The two 59,000 cu ms tankers Alrar and Rhourde Enouss will arrive in Arzew in mid-October and January 2005 respectively. Construction of a third tanker, Hassi Messaoud, will be complete in February and once delivered to Algeria, will bring Sonatrachs LPG tanker fleet to a...