From June 2025, the 100,000 crude barrels of oil produced daily by Sangomar will be refined in Senegal. It is through the SAR 2.0 project which should allow the African Refining Company to achieve this objective, announced the Minister of Oil and Mines who was visiting the SAR on the occasion of a ceremony. tribute to retirees.
“We made the visit with the general director and all the authorities of the SAR, accompanied by the Minister of Labor, the president of the energy, mining and oil commission of the national assembly to see together what is being done at the level of this great house which is the SAR,” declared Birame Souleye Diop on Rfm adding that the whole desire is to strengthen the SAR.
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The minister recalls that Senegal has been an oil country since June 2024. And to say that it would not be of much use if we could have Sangomar crude and that the SAR finds it impossible to refine this crude to respond to the needs of the Senegalese at affordable prices.
“Today, SAR is in the process of resizing to refine the crude. We support the SAR 2.0 project. It is to refine Senegalese crude,” he said.
Birame Souleymane Diop specifies that the SAR is blinding but the ultimate goal is to refine all of Sangomar's 100,000 barrels. “We understand the impact that this will produce, we understand that the SAR is positioning itself for Africa, for the world,” he suggested.
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