Algeria’s Sonatrach has started delivering its first shipments of Jet A1 aviation fuel to Niger from Adrar refinery (RA1D), Sonatrach group announced on Saturday. The move is part of implementing the sale and purchase agreement signed with Niger's national oil company "SONIDEP," it said in a statement. Sonatrach stated that delivering the jet fuel shipment to Niger reflects its efforts to enhance direct cooperation with African oil and gas companies. Sonatrach has launched drilling of an exploration well in Niger. The start of operations was formalized on Thursday during a ceremony presided over by Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb and his Nigerien counterpart, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine. In June, Algeria delivered a 40-megawatt power plant to Niger to supply Niamey and its surrounding area.
