VOL. XLVI

No 2

13-January-2003

ALGERIA

Draft Hydrocarbon Law Removed From Legislative Agenda

MEES learns that Algerias draft Hydrocarbon Law has been removed from the legislative agenda at the request of President 'Abd al-'Aziz Bouteflika. However, there has been no official statement as yet from the Ministry of Energy and Mines despite local press reports and union statements to this effect. According to the 9 January edition of Le Matin, the head of the oil workers union FNTPGC Mohamed Lakhdar...