Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 16

19-April-2010

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Announces Two Illizi Basin Discoveries

Algerias state-owned Sonatrach announced on 12 April one oil and one gas discovery in the Tinhert area of the Illizi Basin in eastern Algeria. The company said that the Akamil-2 (IAK-2) well on Block 239a tested oil at a rate of 4.094 cu ms/hour (618 b/d) from an upper Devonian reservoir, while the Antar Est-2 (AARE-2) well on Block 244a tested 8,070 cu ms/hour (6.84mn cfd) of gas and...