VOL. XXXVI

NO. 31

3-MAY-1993

ALGERIA

Oil Discoveries For Sonatrach/Repsol In Issouane Area

Spain's Repsol has made two oil discoveries in its Issouane permit in theIllizi Basin, around 600 kms. south of the Hassi Messaoud oilfield. According toan announcement in Algiers on 25 April, two exploration wells recently drilledin this area - Tifernine No. 1 and Tin Mesnaguene No. 1 - encountered two oilaccumulations in Devonian formations at an average depth of 1,500 ms. Theresults of exploration work on...