VOL. XLVI

No 2

13-January-2003

TUNISIA

Tunisia: Impact Of The 1999 Hydrocarbon Law

This article was contributed to MEES by Taha Fezzani, consultant with Edinburgh-based energy research house Wood Mackenzie.

Introduction

Tunisia, the North African country covering 165,000 sq km and located between the hydrocarbon-rich states of Libya and Algeria, has historically seen less hydrocarbon activity than its neighbors. According to the 2001 OAPEC report, Tunisia produced an average 66,000 b/d of crude in...