Angola inaugurates new fuel terminal to boost storage capacity

LUANDA, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A fuel storage terminal in Angola's northern province of Bengo was inaugurated on Monday and is expected to increase the country's onshore storage capacity for diesel, gasoline and other refined petroleum products by more than 80 percent.

The Barra do Dande Ocean Terminal, a strategic infrastructure project owned by the state-run oil company Sonangol, has an initial storage capacity of 580,000 cubic meters. Built at a cost of 642 million U.S. dollars, the facility was constructed by the Brazilian company Odebrecht Engineering and Construction.