VOL. XXXVII

NO. 44

1-AUGUST-1994

Algeria

Algeria Begins LNG Deliveries To Turkey

This week Algeria's Sonatrach will start the delivery of 2bn cu. ms./year ofliquefied natural gas (LNG) over a 20-year period to Turkey's state-owned Botas.The first shipment of LNG, scheduled to arrive in Turkey on 1 August, will becarried by the 125,000-cu. m. Algerian methane tanker Bachir Chihani, and futuredeliveries will also be shipped in Sonatrach-owned LNG carriers. The contract istwo years behind schedule...