FACTBOX-Africa refining capacity and projects

July 9 (Reuters) - Africa's 45 crude oil refineries have a
total capacity of 3.48 million barrels per day, but the market
is still very fragmented.

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Following is a list of installed capacity and some of the
African projects in the pipeline.
REGION NO. OF REFINERIES CAPACITY (in bpd)
North Africa 19 1,801,950
Southern Africa 7 767,500
West Africa 14 705,000
East Africa/Sahel 5 202,000
Total 45 3,476,450
SOME PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE

ANGOLA

* The country's only 65,000 bpd refinery in Luanda cannot
satisfy growing national demand and is being revamped to
increase production to 100,000 bpd.

* State-owned oil firm Sonangol is building a second
refinery in Lobito, at a cost of $8 billion. The project is
expected to be ready by 2011 and add 200,000 bpd.

EGYPT

* Libya is planning to build a new oil refinery in Egypt,
with a capacity of 250,000 bpd.

* Egypt's state-owned oil company and other investors will
spend $9 billion over five years to build an oil refinery and
petrochemical complex on the country's north coast. The 350,000
bpd refinery is expected to come on stream in 2010.

GHANA

South Africa's New Alpha Refinery Ghana Ltd has signed a
memorandum of understanding with Ghana's government to construct
a new $6 billion oil refinery in Accra city. The refinery is
seen to initially produce 200,000 bpd, with first production
seen by 2015. [ID:nL8645174]

LIBYA

Libya signed an agreement with engineering and building
company Foster Wheeler Ltd (FWLT.O) to build a 200,000 bpd
refinery in western Libya. Cost is estimated at $4 billion.

MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique's OILMOZ is conducting a feasibility study for a
350,000 bpd oil refinery in Maputo, expected to cost $8 billion
and seen up and running by 2013.

SOUTH AFRICA

* Mthombo: South Africa's state-owned oil company PetroSA is
planning to build a 400,000 bpd refinery at the industrial port
of Coega. The company expects to make a final investment
decision on the $9 billion project by early 2011, with the start
of production seen by the end of 2014 or early 2015.

* Mafutha: Petrochemical's group Sasol (SOLJ.J) is planning
to build a 80,000 bpd coal-to-liquids plant, with the plant
expected to come on stream in 2017.

SUDAN

Sudan and Malaysia's state oil company Petronas plan to
build a refinery in Sudan, estimated to cost around $5 billion.
from $1-$2 billion when it was first planned. The plan has been
put on hold for now due to weaker oil prices. [ID:nLR984059]

UGANDA

Uganda plans to go-ahead with the construction of a
mini-refinery for the east African national's 2 billion barrels
of crude reserves. The country expects to start pumping oil in
2010 or 2011. [ID:nL81031599]

For a list of Africa refinery construction and upgrade
plans, double click on [ID:nL09225558]

Source: Engen, Reuters

(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak and Henrique Almeida)