Shale Gas News in Algeria
| 5/24/2018 - Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach is seeking cooperation with Exxon Mobil Corp on shale gas “and more”, Sonatrach’s chief executive said. ... |
| 3/24/2015 - Algerian Energy Minister, Youcef Yousfi, said that the projected exploitation of shale gas by Algeria is foreseen within the upcoming period of between 2020 and 2025, adding that the goal now is focus... |
| 2/25/2015 - Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal reaffirmed Tuesday in Oran (432-km west of Algiers) that there is no exploitation of shale gas but only studies underway. ... |
| 2/9/2015 - The head of state-owned oil company Sonatrach said that gas exploration in southern Algeria would not be halted despite protests by residents against the use of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." ... |
| 1/24/2015 - Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi said Thursday that Algeria is in the phase of assessing its shale gas reserves, which will be spread over four year duration. ... |
| 1/13/2015 - The shale gas "has no negative impact on environment," said Sunday in Sidi Bel-Abbes (440-km west of Algiers) Minister of National Planning and Environment Dalila Boudjemaa. ... |
| 12/29/2014 - Algeria has successfully completed its first pilot drilling of shale gas in the Ahnet Basin (In Salah), which is ''very promising,'' Minister of Energy Youcef Yousfi said Saturday. ... |
| 12/24/2014 - The launch of a call for tenders, the first under the new law on hydrocarbons, and the approval for shale gas exploitation have been the major developments in the energy sector in 2014 in the shadow o... |
| 12/8/2014 - The commercial exploitation of the Algerian shale gas is planned for 2022 with a production averaging 20 billion m3, CEO of Group Sonatrach, Saïd Sahnoun declared Sunday in Algiers. ... |
| 9/22/2014 - Algeria’s state oil and gas company, Sonatrach, announced this summer that it plans to exploit the country’s shale gas reserves by 2020, taking advantage of what BP estimates to be the world’s third-l... |
| 7/20/2014 - The national hydrocarbon group SONATRACH intends to start the exploitation of the large shale gas fields in Algeria as from 2020, with a production capacity of 30 billion cubic metres in the first sta... |
| 7/5/2014 - Group Sonatrach plans to drill this year four-exploration wells of shale gas in the basins of Ahnet (south of In Salah) and Illizi, after the Council of Ministers authorized the state-owned oil group ... |
| 6/22/2014 - Minister of Energy, Youcef Yousfi denounced here the "attempts to destabilizing" of the country, which are behind the opposition to the exploration of shale gas, recently decided by the public authori... |
| 6/7/2014 - Hoping to reverse a steady decline in hydrocarbon production over the last decade, Algeria has finally offered official approval for a shale exploration effort, including regulatory restructuring to e... |
| 6/7/2014 - Algeria has signed no contract on the exploitation of non-conventional hydrocarbons, affirmed in Algiers Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, stressing that the recently signed contracts covers only th... |
| 6/7/2014 - Algeria's non-hydrocarbon revenues increased significantly in 2013, moving from DZD 7,811 billion in 2010 up to US$ 12,120 billion in 2013, said Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, adding that "things a... |
| 6/2/2014 - US companies are interested in the exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons in Algeria, said in Algiers US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. ... |
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5/27/2014 - President Bouteflika’s agreement to launch exploration of shale gas operations should not be interpreted as a green light for immediate exploitation but as an evaluation phase of Algeria’s unconventio... |
| 5/24/2014 - Recent decision of the Ministerial Council raised a big controversy, against the backdrop of official approval from Algeria to start the application of the new law on hydrocarbons in its part that is ... |
| 5/22/2014 - Algeria's Cabinet has announced it will move forward with the exploitation of the country's large shale gas reserves. ... |
