Algeria: Eni and Sonatrach launch new Berkine exploration

Italy’s Eni has launched an “ambitious exploration and development programme” in the Berkine Basin, which it said would “lead to the production of new gas reserves through the use and optimisation of existing infrastructures”. Chief executive Claudio Descalzi and his Sonatrach counterpart Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour signed this and other agreements in Algiers on 17 April during an event organised by the Algerian state oil and gas company to promote technical and scientific innovation in the area of energy transition.