VOL. XLVII

No 08

23-February-2004

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Announces Oil Discovery In Hassi Dzabat Area

Sonatrach announced on 11 February it had discovered oil in Block 427 in the Hassi Dzabat region to the northeast of Rhourde el-Baguel. Oil was discovered at the BRA-1 well, which was drilled to its target depth of 3,995ms on the Sonatrach-operated block. A production test was carried out on the 110ms Hamra Quartzite interval between 3,584ms and 3,694ms depth which delivered around 4,445 b/d of oil and...