16 January 2026
The renewed drilling activity marks Eni’s strong return to Libya as part of a wider investment pledge for North Africa, with CEO Claudio Descalzi last year saying that his firm would invest more than €8bn ($8.8bn) in each of Algeria and Libya over the next four years, “and about the same in Egypt” (MEES, 11 April 2025). ...
9 January 2026
Algerian state energy giant Sonatrach has approved an ambitious five-year plan to develop Algeria’s hydrocarbons sector as the country seeks to reverse years of oil production declines and boost gas exports to Europe. ... Under the strategy, Algeria’s upstream regulator Alnaft plans to launch a new bid round every year, offering new licensing opportunities for hydrocarbons exploration and development. ...
9 January 2026
Likewise in Algeria, output edged up to average 930,000 b/d for 2025. ...
2 January 2026
The country is largely reliant on gas-fired plants fueled by imports from Algeria and supplemented by power imports from its western neighbor via the country’s only existing 400kV line (MEES, 28 March 2025). ...
19 December 2025
Midad Energy earlier this year signed a $5.4bn deal with Sonatrach for exploration work in Algeria’s southwestern Illizi Basin, but a play for Lukoil’s sanctioned assets would be on a much larger scale (MEES, 17 October). ...
12 December 2025
These adjoin Eni’s Wafa and Areas A and B near the Algeria border. ... The firm recently entered neighboring Algeria for the first time after winning the Ahara license in partnership with France’s TotalEnergies (MEES, 20 June). ...
12 December 2025
Its gas balance problems became more acute in 2021 when neighboring Algeria halted gas deliveries via the 11.5bcm/y Gaz Maghreb Europe (GME) pipeline due to an ongoing political dispute over the Western Sahara territory (MEES, 5 November 2021). ... Long before Algeria halted gas deliveries, which supplied Morocco’s two gas fired power plants (470MW Ain Beni Mathar and 385MW Tahaddart) until 2021, the kingdom had been looking to reduce its reliance on imports from its rival neighbor (MEES, 30 June 2017). ...
5 December 2025
Rival Algeria, meanwhile, continues to back the Polisario Front, which controls the remaining 20%, seeking an end to Moroccan “occupation” and the establishment of an independent state for the indigenous Sahrawi people. ...
28 November 2025
This puts Algeria at risk of returning to its pre-2021 days as a net gasoline importer. ... This has forced Algeria to resort to diesel imports for the first time since 2020. ...
28 November 2025
Renewable Power Projects In Western Sahara Rival Algeria, meanwhile, continues to back the Polisario Front, which controls the remaining 20% and seeks an end to Moroccan “occupation” and the establishment of an independent state for the indigenous Sahrawi people. ...
21 November 2025
But it is looking for low capex opportunities and at the top of its list are Iraq, Algeria, and Libya (MEES, 7 November). ...
21 November 2025
Tunisia Powergen (TWh): Renewables Produced A Record 5% For 2024 But Gas Remains Dominant With Imports From Algeria At Near-Record Levels But the situation is now changing. ... Gas accounted for 94.6% of the 19.39TWh generated last year, with Tunisia also importing 3.1TWh of gas-fired power from Algeria; a record 14% of total power supply. ...
7 November 2025
Meanwhile, Algeria continues to back the Polisario Front, which controls the remaining 20% (see map), seeking an end to Moroccan “occupation” and the establishment of an independent state for the indigenous Sahrawi people. ... Algeria, meanwhile, did not participate in the vote. ...
7 November 2025
Others, such as Algeria, are simply struggling to increase production as their capacity has dropped. ...
7 November 2025
Omani state upstream firm OQ Exploration & Production (OQEP) is eying opportunities to acquire stakes in international assets first in Iraq, and later Libya, Algeria, and South East Asia, MEES understands. ...
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