João Lourenço, who spoke this Thursday at a press conference, considered that the refinery's production will meet the needs of that province and that the surplus product can be exported to the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, writes Angop.
According to Angop, the head of State also indicated that the refinery is a private project, which does not entail costs for the State, adding that the construction is the responsibility of Gemcorp, a British company.
The construction of the refinery, budgeted at US$920 million, started in 2019, being divided into three phases. The first phase, which will allow the refinery to produce 30,000 barrels a day, includes the installation of a distillation unit, a kerosene treatment system, pipelines, a warehouse capable of holding more than 1.2 million barrels, among others.
The other two phases will enable the refinery to double its daily production (60 thousand barrels) as well as install a new catalytic reformer, a hydrotator and a catalytic cracking unit.
It is expected that after its completion around 2000 jobs will be created.
