VOL. XLVI

No 8

24-February-2003

ALGERIA

Benbitour Makes Case For Dropping Hydrocarbon Law, Demands National Energy Strategy

In the following article published in the national newspaper Liberte in January, former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Benbitour considers the way forward for the national energy industry in the wake of the dropping of the draft Hydrocarbon Law from the legislative agenda. Highly critical of the draft legislation, Mr Benbitour, who is also a former finance minister (1994-97)...