VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 36

5-JUNE-1995

Algeria

Algerian Gas/Condensate Discovery For LL&E

The US company Louisiana Land and Exploration (LL&E) has made a gas/condensate discovery in its first exploration well in Algeria. The discovery well Menzel Ledjmet East No. 1 is located in block 405 in the Ghadames Basin, around 240 kms. southeast of Hassi Messaoud in the Algerian Sahara.

According to a statement issued by LL&E and Algeria's Sonatrach, Menzel Ledjmet East No. 1 reached a...