Sonatrach announces six new oil discoveries in Algeria
The state-owned oil company made several discoveries in the first quarter of this year.
Sonatrach, Algeria’s state-owned energy company, has announced six new oil discoveries in the North African country.
Sonatrach, one of the world’s largest oil companies, said in a statement that the discoveries were made in the first quarter of this year.
Two wells were discovered in Amguid in east-central Algeria, with one yielding around 5,599 barrels per day of crude oil and over 170,000 cubic meters of gas per day, the firm said.
Two other sites were discovered in southern Algeria, in Berkine. The first well had an output of 129,048 cubic meters per day of gas and 239 bpd of condensates in the first well, according to the statement. The second pumped 1,905 bpd of crude and 137,484 cubic meters of gas.
