VOL. XLI

No. 43

26-October-1998

ALGERIA

Petro-Canada Reports Drop In Algerian Production in 1998

Calgary-based Petro-Canada reported on October 20 that its netproduction before royalties of Algerian crude reached 4,400 b/d for the first nine mothsof 1998, down from 6,200 b/d over the same period in 1997. The decline is attributedmainly to water influx at the Tamadanet field (MEES, 27 July). The company reportedthat production stabilized with the start of gas lift at the first well. In the third...