Ahnet withdrawn from seventh bid round

Sonatrach postponed the bid opening for the seventh licensing round from 3 December, to 13 December, the state company announced just ahead of the planned event. An Algerian source close to the bidding told African Energy “the delay was due to agenda reasons”, with key officials preoccupied with the run-up to the 17 December OPEC meeting in Oran and other commitments