As per Sonatrach, the EPC contract involves the construction of a petrochemical complex spread over 88 hectares intended for the production of 550,000 tons/year of polypropylene.
Eni and Sonatrach have inaugurated the Solar Lab and laid the first stone of a 10MW photovoltaic plant in the Bir Rebaa North (BRN) production complex, in the Berkine basin, south-eastern Algeria. The Solar Lab displays different photovoltaic panels which will be tested in the extreme irradiation conditions of Southern Algeria, ensuring data collection and analysis, allowing to identify the most efficient technologies.
The two leading figures in Algeria s petroleum sector, the energy minister Mohamed Arkab and the managing director of Sonatrach Toufik Hakkar, have divergent views on the modalities for implementing