Two killed, 4 injured in Skikda refinery fire in Algeria
Algeria, Economics, 10/6/2005

The Algerian minister of energy and mines Shakib Khalil announced on Wednesday that a large fire which erupted on Tuesday in a tank for crude oil storage in Skikda refinery was completely under controlled and resulted in killing two persons and injuring other four.

Despite of the huge fire, oil dealers said that the export of oil products from the refinery estimated at 335,000 barrels daily were not stopped. He said "it can be said that loading operations are continuous." One official in the sector of oil refining said that he expects work in the refinery to start tomorrow, as soon as the fire is controlled, noting that the exports of oil to Europe was not affected, and there is no problem for exports. But the refinery will continue to be closed until the fire is controlled."

Skikda exports several products including solar and Nafta and heating fuels to the USA, Europe and the Mediterranean. Most of the Algerian refining energy estimated at 457,000 barrels daily are situated in the said refinery.

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