VOL. XLI

No. 26

29-June-1998

ALGERIA

Burlington Resources And Talisman Make New Oil Finds In Algeria

Burlington Resources' wholly-owned subsidiary LL&E Algeria Ltd., Talisman Energy Inc. of Canada, and Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach announced on 23 June the successful testing of the MLSE-1 well, a wildcat discovery on the Menzel Ledjmet block 405 in Algeria's eastern Berkine Basin southeast of Hassi Messaoud. The well tested at a combined rate of 14,638 b/d hydrocarbon...