VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 50

11-SEPTEMBER-1995

Tunisia

Private Refinery Planned For Tunisia

A privately-owned, offshore-registered oil company, Groupement des IndustriesPetrolieres, has signed a protocol with the Tunisian Government for theconstruction of a $500mn oil refinery in the city of La Skhira, officials at theTunisian Energy Ministry announced on 5 September. The refinery will have acapacity of 6mn tons of crude oil annually (120,000 b/d) and will be free underTunisia's offshore company laws to...