Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 39

27-September-2004

ALGERIA

Algerian Parliament To Reconsider Hydrocarbon Law

Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil has announced that parliament would once again debate the draft hydrocarbon law in this session, according to a 22 September OPECNA report. The draft law was removed from the legislative agenda in early 2003 last year ahead of presidential elections (MEES, 13 January and 14 April 2003). Despite years of delays and redrafting, the...