By the OGJ Online Staff
HOUSTON, Mar. 7�Commission Nationale des March�Financiers du Cameroun has awarded a contract for the debottlenecking of the 42,000-b/d Societe Nationale de Raffinage (SONARA) refinery in the port city of Limbe, Cameroon.
Bouygues Offshore SA subsidiary Sofresid SA got the 10-million euro contract for engineering, procurement, and construction supervision for the project, which is expected to take 19 months.
The debottlenecking will increase the crude distillation capacity on light crude and obtain a new distillate fraction.
Herv�e Bouc, chief executive of Bouygues Offshore, said the deal confirms the "international development of (its) chemicals refining activity" in the energy industries.
Cameroon's government had a 66% interest in SONARA. TotalFinaElf SA, ExxonMobil Corp., and Texaco Inc. hold the remaining shares, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
The SONARA refinery exports to other African nations, Europe, Latin America, and the US.
