Vol. XL

No. 2

13-January-1997

ALGERIA

LL&E Announces Successful Testing Of DelineationWell In Block 405

The New Orleans-based Louisiana Land andExploration Company (LL&E) announced on 23 December that its subsidiary LL&EAlgeria, Sonatrach and Canada's Talisman Energy have successfully tested the MLN-2delineation well on Block 405 in the Ghadames Basin in southeast Algeria, confirming thatit is a "significant oil accumulation." The well, which is located 22 kms.north-northwest of the...