Category: Algeria

Algerians are watching to see whether a global epidemic will do what the ruling authorities they describe as le pouvoir – the powers that be – have failed to achieve, Continue Reading

Algeria has appointed a new government, state television said on Thursday, as the country faces its biggest political crisis in decades and a raft of economic problems caused by falling Continue Reading

Algeria is amending its energy law in a bid to attract foreign investment into its oil and gas industry, months after international majors suspended talks about new projects amid mass Continue Reading

Authorities in Algiers shut its metro and all trains to the capital in an effort to keep protesters away, but many arrived by coach Tens of thousands of demonstrators have Continue Reading

Algeria’s energy minister said on Monday he would seek a “good compromise” when asked about his earlier comments that Algiers would block a plan by France’s Total to buy Anadarko’s Continue Reading

Algeria will block Total from acquiring Anadarko’s assets in Algeria, energy minister Mohamed Arkab told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Sunday. Occidental Petroleum has agreed to sell Continue Reading

Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach will focus on increasing production and export volumes to help develop the OPEC member country’s oil and gas-reliant economy, its newly-appointed head Rachid Hachichi said Continue Reading

Hundreds of thousands of Algerians took to the streets Friday in one of the largest demonstrations the country has seen since its president resigned last week, demanding that the interim Continue Reading

The future of Algeria’s oil industry was called into question earlier this week as its political crisis took hold, and now its future is even more suspect, as its state-run Continue Reading

The oil patch is reeling from a political crisis in Algeria that first saw Exxon halt its prospective shale ambitions in the country, and has now spread to major trading Continue Reading