Algiers, Algeria - Algeria's state oil company Sonatrach said on Sunday it had signed contracts to boost gas production under an existing agreement worth about $740 million with French giant TotalEnergies. The companies will increase output from two Sahara desert fields in southeastern Algeria, for export to France and elsewhere in...
Algeria discovers ‘important’ gas deposit in Sahara desert
Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach announced Monday the discovery of an "important" deposit of gas condensate in the Hassi R'mel field in the Sahara desert.
France’s 1960s nuclear tests in Algeria still poison ties
Between 1960 and 1966, France conducted 17 atmospheric or underground nuclear tests deep in the Sahara desert of Algeria.
