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Oil Refineries in Africa.. Algeria Leads the Refining Boom - Iqtissad Al Balad

May 19, 2026اقتصاد البلدiqtissadalbalad.dzTranslated from Arabic
Oil Refineries in Africa.. Algeria Leads the Refining Boom - Iqtissad Al Balad

Algeria is leading the refining boom that the African continent is witnessing after decades of African countries exporting crude oil worth billions of dollars and spending annually between 60 and 90 billion dollars on petroleum product imports. However, the picture has begun to change gradually with the entry of massive projects such as the Dangote refinery in Nigeria and Algeria's expansions through the SONATRACH complex, where the Skikda refinery is considered the second largest refinery on the continent after Nigeria's Dangote in terms of refining capacity, recording 355,000 barrels per day.

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