Algeria’s state energy conglomerate, Sonatrach, has announced that it has made six oil and gas discoveries in the first quarter of this year.
Report says they have yielded more than 1.5 million cubic metres of gas as well as smaller amounts of oil.
Meanwhile, Sonatrach made seven discoveries for the whole of last year.
It has announced it will produce 200 million tons of oil equivalent this year, an amount not achieved since 2010.
BBC/Christopher Ojilere
