VOL. XLV

No 47

25-November-2002

ALGERIA

BP Raises Algerian Profile With In Amenas Gas Project Expansion Plan

BP and Sonatrach signed an agreement on 16 November to expand the In Amenas gas development project by 50% (MEES, 4 November). The $1.8bn joint-venture project, located in the southeastern Illizi Basin, will be one of the largest wet gas projects in Algeria and will increase the countrys gas export capacity by 15% with the production of 9bn cu ms/y and 50,000 b/d of condensate and LPG...