Four plants at Arzew and Skikda, owned by Sonatrach, liquefy gas for export. In October 2000, Japan's Itochu won a $352.7-million contract to install three gas compression stations at Hassi R'Mel.

and on the Rhourde El Krouf and Ourhoud oil fields through its interest in Cepsa. Total is also associated with Sonatrach for a major petrochemical project in Arzew, in Algeria.

Sonatrach cut its April OSP for propane by $10 to $550 a ton and for butane by $40 to $545 a ton , traders said. Aramco's OSPs are used as a reference for contracts to supply LPG from the Middle ...