Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 26

27-June-2005

Algeria

Sonatrach Awarded Reconnaissance License On Tafassasset Perimeter

Algerias Ministry of Energy and Mines on 25 April awarded Sonatrach a reconnaissance license for Blocks 247 and 248, according to the Official Gazette of 18 May. The permit covers an acreage of 18,635 sq km located on the Tafassasset perimeter in the Tamenghasset province and will run for two years.