ALGERIA

Trend Away from Oil to Other Hydrocarbons Continues in 1983

Statistics in issue number six of Algerie Energie, the publication of the Algerian Ministry of Energy and Petrochemical Industries, indicate that the decline in oil production and increase in production of other hydrocarbons previously noted in 1980-82 (MEES, 16 May 1983) continued in 1983. The new statistics, which cover the period 1979-83, show a 40.4% decline in crude oil production from 52.5mn tons in 1979 to 31.3mn...