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SOPC has a throughput capacity of 68,000 bpd (Photo: SOPC)

Cannon Artes is a leading global engineering Cannon Artes won the contract from engineer-
and construction company that provides waste- ing, procurement and construction (EPC) con-
water treatment plants for the oil and gas sector. tractor McDermott to provide water treatment
The company is involved in other similar solutions for the planned Albertine Graben
deals, including one focused on a downstream Refining Consortium (AGRC) refinery, which
project in the Lake Albert region of Uganda. will be built near Hoima in western Uganda. ™

Tests at Cabinda refinery

set to begin in December

ANGOLA THE developer of Angola’s Cabinda refinery
said this week that the project is expected to be
completed by the end of the year, with test runs
due to begin in mid-December.
Speaking during a press conference last week,
Marcus Weyll, director general of UK-based
Gemcorp, said that his company is committed
to commissioning the refinery’s first phase dur-
ing Q4 2023 and will swiftly move forward with
work on the second and third phases. First crude
test runs will begin in the first half of December,
he added.
Weyll was speaking following a site visit by
Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petro-
leum and Gas Diamantino Azevedo, while the
presentation and visit were also attended by Sec-
retary of State for Petroleum José Barroso, the
CEO of Sonangol Sebastião Martins and other
high-ranking officials. The Cabinda oil refinery is still under construction (Photo: Gemcorp)
The Gemcorp representative said that at 30%
complete, the physical works are behind sched- (Sonaref), with the British firm responsible for
ule owing to supply chain and market volatility the cost of construction. This was previously
issues relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19) estimated at $920mn, with the first phase pre-
pandemic. This appears to have taken its toll viously quoted at $220mn. The refinery is being
on the cost of implementing the project, which constructed around 30 km north of the provin-
Weyll put at $400mn for phase one, out of an cial capital and is expected to produce gasoline,
overall estimate of $1bn covering the remaining diesel, fuel oil and Jet A1. The first stage com-
two phases. prises a crude distillation unit (CDU), a kero-
Gemcorp holds a 90% stake in the project sene treatment facility and storage tanks that can
alongside state-owned Sonangol Refining hold up to 1.2mn barrels of oil.

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