Building a Refinery in Africa

We did that because-

Because there was no one that could help you

... the, most of the EPCs, like the Bechtels and

co,

none of them ... They thought, first of all, to start with,

that we're crazy.

That, you know, there are some crazy guys in town that

that are thinking about putting up a, uh, you know, refinery.

And the kind of money that they are quoting, $25

billion and all this, so we said no.

So we took up the challenge, and we set up a

team of 340 engineers in

India.

And, uh, we actually became the EPC, which means the

engineering, procurement, and construction of

the refinery. Every single bolt, bolt and nuts we

bought.

So we did everything A to Z, and it has never happened in this world.

It has never happened in this world.

Never.

I mean, this is, this is-

And, uh ...

I

You know, we, we ... Thank you. We realized that, uh,

why we are so determined in doing the refinery,

really because we realized that, in Africa,

all the ... We have 54 countries in

Africa, and the 54 countries that we have in Africa,

only two are not importing their petroleum

products, which is, uh, Algeria and

Libya.

Mm.

They are the only two countries for now that they are not importing.

But every single country in Africa depends on

imported petroleum products.

And, and to your point, I mean, I re-