VOL. XLIII

No. 38

18-September-2000

ALGERIA

GI/Linde-Algeria To Build Compressed Gas Factory At Hassi Messaoud

Algerias National Enterprise for Industrial Gas (ENGI-Skikda) and the German industrial gas company Linde signed an agreement on 12 September to form GI/Linde-Algeria, a joint venture with capital of AD372mn ($4.9mn). The new company, owned 60% by ENGI and 40% by Linde, will set up a gas plant in Hassi Messaoud which will produce nitrogen, oxygen and liquid argon. Construction of the...