FILE - Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla
CAIRO - 13 August 2018: Petroleum Minister Tarek el Molla inspected pilot operation of a new unit for producing high-octane fuel at Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) in preparation for putting it into service as of September.
In a statement on Monday, Molla said the $233-million project is one of the ministry's projects which aim at upping local production of petroleum products and reducing imports.
He said the project will up ANRPC's output of octane 92 and 95 fuel by 850,000 tons annually, thus doubling the company's production.
This will also ratchet up the company's contribution to the local market from 10 percent to 21.5 percent, he said.
Butane gas production will reach 38,000 tons annually, he said.
ANRPC Chairman reviewed a number of future projects which the company plans to carry out.
The future projects will be in the industrial water recycling and treatment sector and include building an ammonia production unit and a methanation unit.
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