Algeria received a mere five bids for the 31 blocks on offer in last year’s bidround. Oil output is falling. That of gas is flatlining while soaring domestic demand eats into exports. Prices and revenue are down over 40%. But if the first step to recovery is admitting your problems, then Algeria has a long way to go.
Algeria has “no problems with production or exports,” Muhammad Rafik Demmak, vice president of marketing for state energy company Sonatrach tells MEES on the margins of the World Gas Conference (WGC) in Paris on 2 June. (CONTINUED - 3339 WORDS)
