Construction commences of the Sino-Niger joint venture refinery

On October 27, an oil refinery jointly invested by CNPC and Nigerian government started to be built near Niger's second city, Zinder. Niger President Mamadou Tandja presided over a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the refinery to process locally produced oil.
The Zinder Refinery is the first one in Niger, with a capacity to process one million tons per annum, and will be built over three years.