VOL. XLVI

No 44

3-November-2003

ALGERIA

BHP Announces First Production From Ohanet Wet Gas Project

Australias BHP Billiton announced first gas production from the jointly-operated BHP / Sonatrach Ohanet wet gas development in southern Algerias Illizi Basin on 27 October (MEES, 13 May 2002). The new facility was commissioned on schedule and within the original $1bn budget of which $464mn was net to BHP. The new processing facility will treat around 710mn cfd of gas and produce a maximum of 30,000...