VOL. XLI

No. 17

27-April-1998

ALGERIA

Neste Oy Reports Oil And Gas Discovery In Algeria's Berkine Basin

The Finnish energy company Neste Oy announced on 23 April an oil, gas and condensatediscovery at the In Amedjene North-1 wildcat well (IAN-1) drilled on block 212 (El Ouar)in the Berkine Basin. The well tested at a cumulative stabilized flow rate of 6,659 b/d oflight oil/condensate and 42.7mn cu. ft./day of gas from two zones on a inch choke. TheIAN-1 well, the second exploration well to be...