The contract announcement follows the Algerian government’s confirmation in late 2016 of Sonatrach’s project to restore production of Skikda’s 120,000-tonne/year ethylene unit, as well plans ...

Algeria is the world’s second-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas after Indonesia. A quarter of its shipments leave from the port of Skikda, all to southern Europe. “We have halted the ...

The Skikda plant, Algeria's largest LNG complex, produces 25 percent of the Algeria's LNG and exports to the core short-haul European markets, mainly France, using an ageing fleet of shallow draft ...