VOL. XLIII

No. 44

30-OCTOBER-2000

ALGERIA

Bidding Opened For Oil And Gas Blocks As Offshore Seismic Work Set To Begin

Algeria announced auctions for oil and gas exploration licenses in six areas on 24 October, saying that bidding would close on 14 February 2001 and that formal accords with bidders would be signed 15 days later. The areas open for bidding are Blocks 406b and 237a in the southwestern Berkine Basin; Block 126 in the eastern province of Constantine; Block 245 south of the Illizi...