Sogara Refinery

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• Gabon Oil and Gas Profile
• Gabon Oil and Gas News

Refineries in Gabon

• Mandji Island Refinery Project
• Sogara Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Total, Shell, Aquitane
• Website:
• Location: Port Gentil, Gabon
• Capacity: 1.0 million tons/annum & 21,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small low complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Catalytic Reformer

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery is designed to use Mandji Crude Oil
• The crude comes by pipeline from the largest oil production field in Gabon
• The oil wells are owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Gabonese unit, Total Gabon and London-based Amerada Hess Oil and Gas Ltd

Products Produced

• kerosene, butane, and gasoil and fuel oil

Ongoing Projects

• The refinery is old and the government plans to replace it with a new one
• See Mandji Island Refinery Project for details

Other Information

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History

• 1967 - Refinery operations begin

Relevant Links

• Aquitane acquires 17% stake in Gabonese Refinery
• Information from Mbendi
• Sogara Refinery in Gabon Boosted Oil Output by 59% Last Year; Sees Profit

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