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On Thursday, Hachichi met with Masayuki Sato, the president of the Japanese firm "JGC". This company specializes in large-scale energy projects using the EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) model and has executed several significant projects, as part of its agreements with Sonatrach, including Stage 1 of the "Boosting III" project at Hassi R'mel.

During this meeting, Sonatrach’s delegation invited the Japanese company to submit its offers as part of Sonatrach’s medium-term projects ", according to the statement.

At the end of this meeting, the CEO of Sonatrach held a working meeting with the delegation of the American company "Baker Hughes", led by its CEO Lorenzo Simonelli, with whom he discussed "the bilateral partnership through their two subsidiaries ALGESCO and APAC".

In this respect, the two sides agreed to redevelop the machine and tribune repair workshop of ALGESCO subsidiary in Boufarik in the province of Blida,” said the source.

An emphasis was also placed on "the progress of the manufacturing of turbine compressors intended for the realization of the Boosting III station, Stage 2 at Hassi R'mel, which is progressing according to the allotted time frame", added the source.

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