VOL. XLIV

No 34

20-August-2001

ALGERIA

BHP Plans Development Of RODProject With Capacity Of 80,000 B/D

AustraliasBHP Billiton announced earlier this month that it had received approval fromSonatrach to proceed with the Rhourde Oulad Djemma (ROD) Integrated Development.Tenders for drilling rigs, casings and tubulars have already been awarded whileservice and supply tenders are being prepared. BHP signed an exploration andproduction-sharing agreement (EPSA) with Sonatrach in December 1998 granting...