Algeria: Groupe Industriel des Ciments d'Algérie (GICA), the government-owned cement producer, has launched the certification process of its oil well cement ahead of plans to produce the product itself. A sample batch of 300t was produced in November 2016, according to the Algeria Press Service. Rabah Guessoum, the chief executive officer of GICA, said that the cement will produced at the company’s Setif plant and sold to Sonatrach group and foreign oil companies. A national demand of around 300,000t/yr is anticipated.
Groupe Industriel des Ciments d'Algérie to start producing oil well cement
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