VOL. XL

No. 18

5-May-1997

ALGERIA

Sonatrach And BP Launch In Salah Gas JointMarketing Venture; Announce DealWith ENEL

On 29 April Algeria's Sonatrach and British Petroleum launched In Salah Gas as ajoint marketing venture to bring a new generation of Algerian gas supplies to Europe. The twofirms also announced their first commercial contract supplying the Italian power firm ENEL with 4bncu. ms./year of natural gas starting in the early part of the next decade.

The In Salah Project was first...