VOL. XXXIX

No. 12

18-December-1995

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Announces Oil Discovery With Agip

Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach announced on 14 December that it had discovered a new oil field in the eastern desert while working in association with Italy's Agip. The field is located in Block 403 in the Zemoul el Kbar 1 permit, where Agip is operating the Bir Rebaa North oilfield which is currently producing 46,000 b/d, according to the Sonatrach statement. The well, named Zek 1, is some 800...