VOL. XXXVII

NO. 50

12-SEPTEMBER-1994

Algeria

Petro-Canada Announces New Oil/Gas Discovery In Algeria's Tinrhert Tract

Calgary-based Petro-Canada announced on 8 September that it has struck oiland gas in an exploration well drilled in the 8,195-sq. km. Tinrhert tract inthe Illizi Basin, some 600 kms. south of the Hassi Messaoud field. The acreage -which includes Blocks Nos. 223A, 234A, 239, 240 and 244A in District 2 - wasawarded to Petro-Canada in April 1993 (MEES, 3 May 1993) under a 10-year...