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Amec Foster Wheeler awarded consultancy contract by Sonatrach in Algeria
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the award of a contract by Sonatrach, the largest oil and gas company in Africa, to supply engineering services for the de-bottlenecking of the Hassi R’Mel gas field, located approximately 550 kilometres south of Algiers.

Petrofac / Bonatti Awarded US$650 million EPC Project in Algeria
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, will lead a partnership with Italian lump-sum contractor Bonatti to execute a 32-month Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for Sonatrach to extend the life of the Alrar gas field in south east Algeria. The contract value is more than US$650 million.

Limited production start-up at In Aménas
The In Aménas gas facilities in Algeria operated by the Joint Venture partners Sonatrach, BP and Statoil, initiated a limited production start-up yesterday, Friday 22 February.

Eni announces start-up of gas production from the MLE field in Algeria
Eni and the Algerian state company Sonatrach have started gas production from the Menzel Ledjmet East (MLE) field on 31 January 2013, located in Block 405b, around 1,000 km from Algiers, and jointly operated by Eni and Sonatrach.

Petrofac Awarded Services Contract in Algeria
Petrofac, the international oil and gas service provider, has been awarded a substantial services contract in Algeria, by the In Salah Gas and In Amenas joint ventures comprising Sonatrach, BP and Statoil.

PTTEP & Partners discover 2 oil fields in Algeria
Mr. Tevin Vongvanich (นายเทวินทร์ วงศ์วานิช), President and CEO of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP disclosed that PTTEP with its Partners SONATRACH and CNOOC Limited has successfully discovered crude oil in the 4th and the 5th exploration wells in Hassi Bir Rekaiz project, Algeria.
The 4th exploration well (OGB-1) was drilled and yielded petroleum discovery in formation of Ordovician (Ouargla Sandstone) reservoir. The flow tests (Drill Stem Test - DST) were conducted and discovered the crude oil flow at approximately 485 barrels per day (BPD). Triassic Argilo Greseux Inférieur (TAG-I) reservoir which is the same formation with oil occurrence in the first well (RTF-1) in early 2012 exhibits oil flows as well but amount need to assess further. The joint venture is considering further appraisal program for reserve assessment.

Repsol to develop the Reggane North gas fields in Algeria
Repsol and partners Sonatrach, RWE Dea and Edison have been granted authorization from the Algerian national agency ALNAFT (Agence Nationale pour the L'expertise des Hydrocarbures Resources) to develop the North Reggane project in the Algerian Sahara desert.

JGC Awarded Major EPC Contract for Bir Seba Field Development Project in Algeria
JGC Corporation (JGC) and its subsidiary JGC Algeria Ltd. have been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services contract for the Bir Seba Field Development Project by Groupement Bir Seba, comprising Sonatrach, the Algerian state-owned oil and gas company, Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP), and PTT Exploration and Production Algeria (PTTEP). Participating interests in Groupement Bir Seba are 25%, 40%, and 35%, respectively.

Eni and Sonatrach sign a cooperation agreement for the development of unconventional gas in Algeria
Eni and Sonatrach signed today a cooperation agreement for the development of unconventional oil, with particular focus on shale gas reinforcing the close relationship between the two companies.

In Salah Southern Fields EPC contract signed
Statoil, BP and Sonatrach have signed a USD 1.15 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Petrofac International (UAE) LLC in Algiers for the execution of the In Salah Southern Fields development project.