ALGIERS- National oil company Sonatrach and international oil and gas company OMV signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to engage in discussions in order to identify possibilities for both sides to invest jointly in exploration, development and production operations of hydrocarbons in Algeria, said Thursday a communiqué of Sonatrach.

ALGIERS-  The Sonatrach Group and the Russian company Lukoil, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to initiate talks with a view to identifying the possibilities for the two parties to invest jointly in the exploration and production operations in Algeria, said a statement from Sonatrach on Monday.

ALGIERS- The National Hydrocarbon Company Sonatrach has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Russian company Zarubezhneft and Turkish company Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakliôi (TPAO), it announced in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- The national oil company SONATRACH successfully commissioned the GR7 pipeline linking El Menia (Adrar) and Hassi R'mel (Laghouat), a company statement said on Saturday.

ALGIERS- The fire that broke out at the oil well MD244 in Hassi Messaoud, Ouargla (800-km southeast of Algiers), is completely contained, state-owned oil and gas group Sonatrach said Friday in a statement, adding that no loss of life has been reported.

ALGIERS – A new mining title for hydrocarbon exploration and/ or exploitation activities has been awarded to the National Agency for the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources (ALNAFT), under a presidential decree published in the Official Journal N12.

ALGIERS – Minister of Energy Mohamed Arkab said Wednesday in Algiers that the Oil Company British Petroleum (BP), said in an official letter sent to the Energy Ministry it was "interested to pursue investment in the hydrocarbon sector in Algeria."

ALGIERS – Minister of Finances Mohamed Loukal on Tuesday presented before the People’s National Assembly (APN-Lower House), the bill modifying and completing the organic law 18-15 on Finance Laws, which provides for the separation of the fiscal regime of the hydrocarbon sector.

ALGIERS- Minister of Energy Mohamed Arkab said Tuesday the hydrocarbon field in Algeria is not explored enough, expressing the need for the legislation governing the industry to be reformulated to attract investment and cutting-edge technology, thereby creating wealth.

ALGIERS- Minister of Energy Mohamed Arkab affirmed Tuesday, in Algiers, that nearly 60% of the country’s initial hydrocarbon reserves are exhausted, because of the rise in local consumption and exportation.