12 September 2008
State-owned Sonangol wants to reduce shortage of fuel in southern Africa A ngolan State-owned oil company Sonangol intends to build two fuel stations along the border between Angola and Namibia to supply fuel to Namibia in particular and southern Africa in general.
The construction of the two fuel stations will start next year.
A report from the Angolan Press Agency on Wednesday said the Southern Regional Director of Sonangol, Alexandre da Natividade indicated that one fuel station will be built at Calueque in northern Namibia and the border mark number 25 in order to reduce the shortage of fuel in those parts.
Da Natividade, who did not make reference to the amount to be spent on the project, said construction of the infrastructure is a strategy of his company's oil department, taking into account the geographic situation, as the Kunene Province is considered as an entrance door to the southern African region's other countries.
He said the other fuel station will be constructed at the town of Xangongo in the Ombadja district in southern Angola near the Angola-Namibia border.
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