{"id":8888,"date":"2020-08-18T06:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=8888"},"modified":"2020-08-18T06:31:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:31:24","slug":"algeria-sonatrach-wintershall-dea-sign-mou-to-enhance-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-sonatrach-wintershall-dea-sign-mou-to-enhance-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"ALGERIA: Sonatrach &#038; Wintershall Dea Sign MoU to Enhance Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wintershall Dea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sonatrach, aimed at strengthening cooperation in Algeria. The MOU agrees to explore cooperation possibilities and has a term of two years, active as of 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0July 2020. It will provide a framework for Wintershall Dea to identify and potentially access additional business opportunities in the country, which is Africa\u2019s largest gas producer.<\/p>\n<p>The signing builds on the two companies\u2019 existing relationship. Wintershall Dea has been active in Algeria since 2002, and holds a 19.5% share in the Reggane Nord concession. The project involves six gas fields extended over a huge area of almost 1,800 square kilometres in the South-Western Sahara Desert, one of the hottest areas on earth. It is operated by Groupement Reggane Nord (GRN), a consortium comprised of Wintershall Dea, Sonatrach (40%), (29.25%) and Edison (11.25%). Following an extensive development programme, GRN celebrated first gas in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn Summers, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board responsible for the Middle East and North Africa said: \u201cWintershall Dea is well established in Algeria through our participation in the Reggane Nord project. In 2020 we are evaluating a potential increase of activities in the country, and this MOU is an important step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wintershall Dea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sonatrach, aimed at strengthening cooperation in Algeria. The MOU agrees to explore cooperation possibilities and has a term of two years, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-sonatrach-wintershall-dea-sign-mou-to-enhance-cooperation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8261,"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":true,"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":[121,8228,8227,2138,2363,8226,8225],"class_list":["post-8888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-algeria","tag-edison","tag-groupement-reggane-nord","tag-repsol","tag-sonatrach","tag-south-western-sahara-desert","tag-wintershall-dea","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sonatrach.jpg?fit=1500%2C994&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12226,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-wintershall-dea-expands-interest-in-the-reggane-nord-gas-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":8888,"position":0},"title":"ALGERIA: Wintershall Dea expands interest in the Reggane Nord gas project","author":"","date":"May 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Wintershall Dea continues to strengthen its presence in Algeria. 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