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Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Spain's rapprochement with Morocco over Western Sahara should see Sonatrach launch a major attack on Spanish business, with the first victim likely to be Técnidas Reunidas and its huge refinery project in Hassi Messaoud. [...]

Published on 21.06.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Algeria Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

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Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

Algeria
Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Algeria
Spanish-Algerian spat endangers Repsol and Edison deal over Reggane Nord

Algeria
After Hassi Messaoud, Tecnicas Reunidas launches arbitration process over Touat

Algeria
Cepsa and Hakkar and Sonatrach still at daggers drawn

Algeria, France
As they return to Algiers, French bosses caught between old and new worlds

Algeria
Complex web of relations behind energy ministry shake-up

Algeria
Samsung-Técnicas Reunidas: behind the scenes of the mega Hassi Messaoud refinery construction contract