CAXITO: Economic agents in Bengo province were encouraged Wednesday in Caxito to invest in the oil by-products sector, in order to cover the municipalities with a shortage of these products and respond to the demand in the region. The appeal was made by the director of the Bengo Provincial Office for Economic and Integrated Development, Pedro Katendi, at the seminar on ‘Business opportunities in the construction and management of petrol stations and oil by-products’.
According to Angola Press News Agency, Bengo province controls 11 operators in the oil by-products sub-sector and 190 licensed establishments, including 20 petrol stations, 69 lubricant sales outlets, 88 butane gas sales outlets, and 13 fuel transport outlets. Most of these licensed establishments are concentrated in the municipality of Dande, with 13 fuel pumps, 63 lubricant sales outlets, 73 butane gas retailers, and 13 fuel transport outlets.
The municipality of Pango Aluquém lacks any petrol station or lubricant sales outlet, having only th
ree butane gas sales outlets. Director Pedro Katendi revealed that there are three requests for the installation of petrol stations in Barra do Dande, Dande municipality (under construction), Pango Aluquém, and Nambuangongo (containerised). These stations could potentially come into operation later this year.