VOL. XXXI

NO. 21

29-FEBRUARY-1988

Algeria

Sonatrach Adopts Commercial Approach to US Gas Pricing

Firm evidence is beginning to emerge that - at least as far as the US isconcerned - Algeria's Sonatrach is adopting an unprecedently commercial approachin seeking to secure the bridgehead it acquired in the gas market with thesettlement of its disputes with Distrigas of Boston and Panhandle/Trunkline oversales of Algerian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the US.

The settlement with Distrigas provides for...