VOL. XLVI

No 15

14-April-2003

ALGERIA

Khelil Confirms Draft Hydrocarbon Law Frozen

Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil confirmed that the landmark draft Hydrocarbon Law had been officially frozen, in line with unofficial reports earlier in the year, according to a report in the national El-Moudjahid newspaper on 5 April (MEES, 13 January). The President of the Republic has requested that the draft hydrocarbons law be frozen until a later date, Mr Khelil said without giving further...