Algeria’s last energy auction round in 2011 awarded only two contracts out of the 10 offers - one to Spain’s Cepsa and the other to its own state energy firm Sonatrach.

LONDON (Dow Jones) - National oil companies won’t be favored in Algeria’s upcoming licensing round, which will also draw up new contracts for the winners with a windfall oil tax already built into ...

The third hydrocarbons bid round organised by Algeria’s Alnaft, the state licensing authority, has ended in more disappointment for the development of the country’s upstream oil and gas sector.