Algeria: Sonatrach looks to kick-start offshore exploration


Issue 243 - 15 Nov 2012 | 2 minute read

Ahead of the new hydrocarbons law’s publication, and with a new licencing round still to come, Sonatrach is looking to promote offshore exploration. Northern Algeria exploration director Mohand Saïd Mala told the 4-6 November Algeria Energy Future conference in Algiers that a first well could be drilled within two years, with the state energy company operating in partnership with an international oil company or going it alone of no suitably qualified IOCs avails itself.

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