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Article: ALGERIA - Oilfield Profiles - Repsol/YPF - Tifernine/Tin Mesnaguene.
- Article from:
- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- February 5, 2001
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Repsol Exploracion began producing oil at the Tifernine/Tin Mesnaguene field in late 1998 and now its output averages 8,000 b/d, down from 20,000 b/d in early 1999, and has a capacity of 15,000 b/d. The field, with 300m barrels of oil in place, lies in block 226a of Erg Issaouane (about 4,500 sq km) in the Illizi Basin 600 km south of Hassi Messaoud, where Repsol has made several discoveries since 1992 at depths of about 1,500 metres. Under an agreement signed in December 1990, the Spanish major was committed to a six-year exploration work, and was to spend $35m. In 1991/92, it sold part of its holding to Samsung (20%) and Kyung-In ...