Algeria | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 26
Algeria Seeks Solidarity Betwen Crude Producers to Halt Price Decline
Algeria is seeking to coordinate a global response from oil-producing nations to tumbling prices, Algeria Press Service reported, citing Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi. Crude traded near a six-year low in New York on T...
Protests in Algeria Against Shale Gas Drilling
Thousands of Algerians demonstrated Saturday against plans to drill for shale gas in the south of the country. Organizers say more than 1,000 demonstrators protested in Ouargla, a city 466 miles south of Algiers. Anot...
Saudi Oil Minister in Talks with Algeria, Russia
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi discussed Opec and the oil market with officials from Russia and Algeria, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Naimi met in Riyadh with Viktor Zubkov, chairman of state-control...
Sonatrach Implements Fracking in Southern Algeria Despite Backslash
The head of state-owned oil company Sonatrach said Sunday that gas exploration in southern Algeria would not be halted despite protests by residents against the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” ...
Shale Gas Exploitation in Algeria Doesn’t Impact the Environment
Algiers — The exploitation of shale gas “has no impact” on environment, said Monday in Algiers Minister of National Planning and Environment Dalila Boudjemaa. “As a minister and an environmental spec...
Algerian Energy Minister Insists No Danger from Shale Gas
The exploitation of shale gas in In Salah doesn’t present any danger, Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi ensured during a meeting last Thursday with representatives of the protesters against the exploitation of this ...
$70 Billion to be Invested in Algerian Shale Gas Exploration: Sonatrach CEO
The public group Sonatrach will invest no less than “$ 70 billion” for the exploitation of shale gas in Algeria, said Sunday the CEO of the company, Said Sahnoun, despite the opposition of the inhabitants ...
Shale Gas Exploration Sparks Protests in Algeria
Protests in Algeria’s remote and sparsely populated south over efforts to exploit the country’s vast shale gas reserves spread to the regional capital Tuesday, the state news agency reported. Algeria has t...
