VOL. XXXV

NO. 34

25-MAY-1992

Algeria

Company Bids on First Six Algerian Oilfields Envisage Investment of$3.7-4.2bn

Bids by international oil companies on production enhancement for sixAlgerian oilfields envisage a total investment of between $3.7bn and $4.2bn,according to an announcement by the national company Sonatrach. The biddingcompanies are projecting the recovery, over a period of 20 years beginning in1993, of 1bn barrels of additional reserves over and above Sonatrach's originalestimates....