SONARA pursues its extension and modernization program

Ibrahim Talba Malla, SONARA GM

The National Refinning Company, SONARA Limbe, has launched a public International call for Manifestation of Interest, for the recruitment of a consultant to assure the technical supervision of the project for the construction of new storage tanks for crude oil on the refinery site in Limbe, according to a posting on the website, investir au Cameroun.
    The new storage tank with a capacity of 100.000 cubic metres was envisaged in the first phase of SONARA’s extension project which seeks to increase the production capacity of the refinery.
    During this first phase of its extension program, SONARA envisages to increase its production capacity to 3.5 million tons per year, up from the present 2.1 million tons.
     Even though the increased production will still rely on imported crude, authorities of SONARA say the second phase will duel essentially on acquiring a modern hydro-cracker that will also refine heavy crude that is tapped from Cameroon’s subsoil.

    Since taking over office two years ago, the GM of SONARA Ibrahim Talba Malla has not missed any opportunity to assure Cameroonians of his resolve to satisfy their daily demands for petroleum and its related products.