Qatar would fund a new oil refinery
Posted On 19 Feb 2013
The Ecuadorian government approached Qatar, Arab country, to finance the construction of an oil refinery: the Pacific Refinery, which has an estimated value of $ 12,800 million. The announcement was made by the president, Rafael Correa, on Sunday, during an interview with the media after his re-election.
According to the report of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Strategic Sectors and Qatar Petroleum they would “develop initiatives in the legal, technical, financial and commercial areas to develop a feasibility study for the proposed investment in the Pacific Refinery”.
Last Saturday, Qatar and Ecuador signed several agreements on trade, technology, financial, sports, tourism, mining, energy and information exchange.
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