VOL. XLIV

No. 23

4-June-2001

ALGERIA/IRAQ

Sonatrach Signs Agreement To Develop Tuba Field In Cooperation With Indian Group

Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil in Baghdad on 30 May signed an agreement with his Iraqi counterpart 'Amir Rashid under which Sonatrach, in cooperation with an Indian group consisting of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh (OVL) and the private firm Reliance Petroleum, will develop the Tuba oilfield in southern Iraq. Last November, Sonatrach and the Indian...