Algeria’s state energy firm Sonatrach is in talks with 14 international firms for a joint venture to trade oil and gas products, soon after reaching a deal earlier this year to buy Exxon Mobil’s 175,000 barrel-per-day Augusta refinery in Italy. Potential partners that have held talks with Sonatrach in recent weeks, include BP, Total, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Repsol and Vitol.

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