VOL. XLV

No 19

13-May-2002

OPEC/ALGERIA

NOCs Look To The Future

MEESMediterranean Editor Bill Farren-Price reports from Algiers.

Thechallenge to National Oil Companies (NOCs) presentedby increased global competition and the need for access to technology, capitaland enhanced management expertise will shape national oil industries in theyears ahead, according to Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil. In his openingremarks to the first National Oil Companies Forum in Algiers in late April,...