VOL. XLIII

No. 51

18 December 2000

ALGERIA

Public Discussions Of Hydrocarbons Draft Law To Begin In January

Sonatrach executives and workers representatives will begin discussing Algerias draft bill on hydrocarbons on 6 January, Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil announced on 7 December. He added that similar debates would be organized up and down the country in order to clarify the various provisions of the law, which marks the opening of the hydrocarbon sector to private investors, both...