VOL. XXXIX

No. 6

11-November-1995

ALGERIA

Mobil Strikes Oil In Algeria

The state-owned Algerian firm Sonatrach announced on 31 October that Mobil Petroleum Algeria, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mobil Oil Corporation, has made an oil discovery in its first exploration well in Algeria. The discovery well - Bir Seba 1 - is located in Block 433A in Touggourt, some 90 kms. northeast of Hassi Messaoud. According to the Sonatrach statement, Bir Seba 1 reached a total depth of 4,240 ms. and had...