VOL. XXXVII

NO. 18

31-JANUARY-1994

Algeria

Japanese Firms Awarded $368mn LPG Expansion Contract

Algeria's Sonatrach awarded on 23 January the Japanese firmsIshikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and Itochu Corp. a joint contractworth $368mn to expand the GP1-Z liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant at Bettiouain Arzew. The contract calls for the construction of two LPG production lines,each with a capacity of 1mn tons/year. This would raise the plant's designproduction capacity from 4.8mn t/y...