VOL. XXXVI

NO. 19

8-FEBRUARY-1993

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Awards BP Exploration Contract in Atlas Mountains

Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach awarded on 1 February a production sharingagreement to British Petroleum in the 6,000-sq. km. Sour El-Ghozlane area(Blocks 104a, 119a, 137a, 138 and 139a) in the Tellien Atlas mountains some 160kms. south of Algiers. Under the nine-year agreement, BP will shoot 100 kms. ofseismic and drill one well during the first phase of exploration which willbegin shortly....