VOL. XXXI

NO. 19

15-FEBRUARY-1988

ALGERIA

LNG Deal under Negotiation with British Gas

Sonatrach and British Gas are currently negotiating a contract under whichSonatrach would deliver up to 200mn cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG)to the UK annually over a three-year period beginning next September. The LNG,which would be used mainly for peakshaving during the winter, would be deliveredto the regasification plant on Canvey Island in the Thames estuary which wasbuilt to handle imports from...