VOL. XLI

No. 11

16-March-1998

ALGERIA

BHP ROD-2 Discovery Extends Size Of Third Unitized Field In Berkine Basin

Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) and Sonatrach announced on 12 March that theROD-2 appraisal well, located 4.5km north of the ROD-1 discovery in block 402a, wasdrilled to a total depth of 3,145ms. and encountered hydrocarbons in the TAGI formation.Testing operations recovered 43ºAPI crude at an average flow rate of 5,200 b/d through a40/64 inch choke, with a well head...