VOL. XXXVII

NO. 39

27-JUNE-1994

Algeria

Sonatrach Signs Second Exploration Deal with Argentina's Pluspetrol

Argentina's Pluspetrol has signed its second exploration and production dealon a production sharing basis with Algeria's Sonatrach. The contract, signed on14 June, covers two blocks (Nos. 237A and 246A) totaling 4,406 sq. kms. in theEl-Arf area on the edge of the Erg Oriental, located 150kms. from Hassi Messaoudand 60 kms. southwest of the Rhourde El-Baguel oilfield. Pluspetrol has...