Algeria applies a cautious accelerator to gas production
Issue 354
- 29 Sep 2017
| 3 minute read
State giant Sonatrach and its international oil company (IOC) partners expect to produce more gas by end-2017 and in early 2018 as several projects that have been delayed for years in south-west Algeria finally come on stream. However, major questions persist over whether Algeria can continue to meet its export commitments during a period of fast-rising domestic consumption. Sonatrach managing director Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour has talked about redirecting natural gas from reinjection to maintain crude output to domestic supply and export – a strategy given added impetus by Algeria’s support for Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries production cuts.
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