Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 40

4-October-2004

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Makes Berkine Oil Discovery, Illizi Basin Gas Find

Sonatrach announced on 22 September that it had made two discoveries in the Berkine and Illizi Basins. The company discovered oil at its Sif Fatima-3 well on Block 402b, which achieved its target depth of 3,100ms. Well logs demonstrated a total 95ms oil column in the Tagi divided into two distinct reservoirs. The Tagi reservoir tested at 3,170 b/d of oil using a half inch...