The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum announced the launching of an international open tender for the construction of the Soyo Refinery, in the Province of Zaire. This public tender will be officially launched on 24 October 2019 and the refinery is expected to start operating in 2023.

The launching of this tender was approved by means of Presidential Order no. 150/19, of 16 August 2019, and integrates Angola’s National Development Plan. This plan aims, among other goals, at increasing the national refining capacity and the expansion of petroleum-based industries.

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