{"id":14924,"date":"2025-04-22T14:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14924"},"modified":"2025-04-22T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:20:06","slug":"sonatrach-signs-two-mous-with-occidental-petroleum-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sonatrach-signs-two-mous-with-occidental-petroleum-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonatrach Signs Two MoUs With Occidental Petroleum Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SONATRACH and its US-based partner Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the Algerian-American Energy 2025 Forum to consolidate and expand their cooperation through new partnership opportunities in the field of hydrocarbon exploration and production in Algeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first MoU aims to define the framework for discussions on examining cooperation possibilities for the development of carbonate reservoirs; while the subject of the second MoU concerns the implementation of EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) techniques, with the aim of optimizing production and improving final recovery factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a reminder, SONATRACH and the company OXY operate, with two other partners, the contractual perimeter of Berkine, within the framework of a Hydrocarbon Contract signed on July 19, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONATRACH and its US-based partner Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the Algerian-American Energy 2025 Forum to consolidate and expand their cooperation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sonatrach-signs-two-mous-with-occidental-petroleum-corporation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[121,11951,7162,2363],"class_list":["post-14924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-algeria","tag-algerian-american-energy-2025-forum","tag-occidental-petroleum","tag-sonatrach","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sonatrach.jpg?fit=720%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3SI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15219,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sonatrach-and-noc-kenya-sign-memorandum-of-understanding\/","url_meta":{"origin":14924,"position":0},"title":"SONATRACH and NOC Kenya sign Memorandum of Understanding","author":"","date":"September 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"SONATRACH and National Oil Company of Kenya signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to seeking opportunities for the joint implementation of oil and gas projects in Kenya on the basis of balanced and mutual benefits. 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