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Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

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Sonatrach plant in the Algerian Sahara, Hassi Messaoud site in the Ouargla province.
Sonatrach plant in the Algerian Sahara, Hassi Messaoud site in the Ouargla province. © J-F Rollinger/Only World/Only France via AFP

At a cost of more than $3bn, the mega-refinery was supposed to be built next to Algeria's largest oilfield. But money rows between the state-owned Sonatrach and contractors Samsung and Técnicas Reunida mean the facility may never see the light of day.

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