Gabon's Sogara oil refinery restarts after 5-day outage
KINSHASA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Gabon's sole oil refinery in Port Gentil reopened on Monday after a five-day outage because of violence following the disputed Aug. 27 presidential elections, Sylvain Mayabi, secretary-general of the National Organization of Petrol Employees, told Reuters.
The 21,000-barrel-per-day Sogara refinery, in which French oil producer Total owns a 43.8 percent stake, was shut since Wednesday when unrest broke out after President Ali Bongo was declared the election winner. (Reporting By Aaron Ross, writing by Edward McAllister; editing by Susan Thomas)
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