The government is in talks with Russia’s RusGazEngineering on a project to build a second refinery at Limbé. The Sonara refinery was completed in 1981 and has a capacity of 45,000 b/d, but is effectively bankrupt due to government payment arrears. A delegation from the Russian company visited Cameroon from 28 November to 2 December and signed a letter of intent covering feasibility studies for the refinery, as well as power transmission lines, a products pipeline and urban water supply schemes.