SONATRACH is Algeria's state-owned national oil and gas company, founded in 1963 and headquartered in Algiers. It operates across the hydrocarbon value chain, including exploration and production, pipeline transportation, refining, petrochemicals, and marketing. As Africa's largest company, it has over 150 subsidiaries and employs nearly 200,000 people. The Algerian government is its sole owner. SONATRACH is advancing major infrastructure projects, including segments of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, and pursuing international partnerships focused on energy transition initiatives such as green hydrogen.
Also known as SONATRACH Group and 阿尔及利亚国家石油公司.
chemXplore tracks 7 projects involving SONATRACH, of which 6 are active.
SONATRACH's role on them: Owner, Investor / Financier, Operator, Developer, and Offtaker.
5 new construction and 1 revamp / retrofit.
1 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on all 6 of them For subscribers
Targeting: Gasoline (2), Ammonia (1), Butane (1), Crude oil (1), Diesel, fuels (1), MTBE (1)
MoU outlines cooperation on conventional and unconventional oil and gas exploration, engineering services and equipment manufacturing after a high-level meeting.
MoU to evaluate cooperation on unconventional resources, marginal deposits, EOR, local completion tool manufacture and technology transfer.
Letter of intent to identify and implement decarbonisation and methane‑reduction measures across Algeria's oil & gas sector, building on a 2023 MoU.
First Jet A1 shipments from Algeria reached Niger under a sale/purchase contract, starting 15 August 2026.
First jointly marketed cargo of Niger’s Meleck crude loaded from Sémé terminal in Benin on 14 August 2026.
Limited Notice to Proceed for Phase 1 of Algeria’s integrated phosphate-to-fertiliser complex, covering early works, FEED completion, long‑lead procurement and local partnerships.
Contracts cover fertilizer plants at Bled El Hadba and Oued El Keberit and port works at Annaba; project spans mining, fertilizer production and export infrastructure.
Expands gas deliveries to the German market from 1 Jan 2027; tied to joint hydrogen projects and a cooperation MoU covering green hydrogen and methane reduction.
