Reforming Tunisian petroleum sector

The Tunisian government intends to have structural reform in petroleum product manufacturers to attract foreign investors to work in this domain.

The plan for reform includes offering of advantages to investors in this domain, such as: reducing taxes, allowing the transfer of currency abroad, and changing the prices of these products inside the local market.

The government will begin this plan during January. Tunisian sources said today to ArabicNews.com that there are foreign demands for investing in this domain, presented by the British Gas, Shell, and Total companies.