Following the drilling of an exploration well known as In Ekker Sud West-1, the company made the first condensate gas discovery in two Devonian reservoirs (IEKSW-1).

The well, located in the Illizi basin’s Amenas 2 research perimeter, recorded test flow rates of 300,000m3/d of gas and 26m3/d of condensate from the first tank. The second tank produced 213,000m3/d of gas and 17m3/d of condensate.

Sonatrach also had promising results during the drilling of the Tamzaia-3 (TAMZ-3) delineation well on the Bechar basin’s Taghit research perimeter.

Sonatrach and Eni, both committed to increasing hydrocarbon production, have begun drilling the “RODW-1” well, the third in the exploration campaign launched in the Berkine basin’s northern region. As a result, the two partners have discovered 1,300 barrels of oil and 51,000 cubic meters of associated gas per day.