Algeria launches 2009 oil and licensing round for over 25 blocks
Algeria's energy agency – the National Agency for Hydrocarbon Resources Valorisation (ALNAFT) announced the launch of the Second National and International oil and gas licensing round for 10 "perimeters" which includes over visual_editor5 oil and gas blocks, some of which are currently operated by Sonatrach. The latest round includes blocks in the Ahnet basin, which had been removed from the previous round in December visual_editor008