SOYO REFINERY Groundbreaking Ceremony (May 2022)

The Soyo Refinery Groundbreaking ceremony commemorated the construction of a 100,000 barrel per day refinery in Soyo, Zaire Province. U.S. based Quanten Consortium Angola, LLC (Quanten) will build, own, and operate the Soyo Refinery which will process a variety of crudes for production of consumer-ready end products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and asphalt. The ceremony was led by the Angolan Minister of Petroleum Resources, Honourable Minister Diamantino Azevedo. Members of the delegation included the Chairman of the Sonangol Group, Gaspar Martins, the parastatal that overseas petroleum and natural gas production in Angola. The Embassy for Angola to the U.S. and representatives from the project’s technical partners joined in the ceremony with Quanten in this occasion to commemorate the official signing and established partnerships supporting the project.