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Article: ALGERIA - Exports; Refining Capacity; Downstream Production
- Article from:
- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- March 31, 1997
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West Europe is the largest market for Algerian oil products,
absorbing over 300,000 b/d out of total exports exceeding 350,000
b/d. Algerian gasoil is very much in demand in Italy, Holland, the
US and Japan. The quality of its straight run fuel oil, with 0.3%
sulphur, is highly valued as a cracker feedstock and is virtually
equal to vacuum gasoil, burned by Italian and US power utilities.
Exports of Algerian gasoil rose rapidly since mid-1996, when