Construction commences of the Sino-Niger joint venture refinery

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Publish time:10/30/2008 9:03:00 AM      Source: CNPC
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    On October 27, an oil refinery jointly invested by CNPC and Nigerian governmentstarted to be built near Niger's second city, Zinder. Niger PresidentMamadouTandja presided over a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the refinery to process locally produced oil.

The Zinder Refinery isthe first one in Niger, with a capacity to process one million tons per annum,and will be built over three years.