Algeria

Algeria is the largest gas producer in Africa, and since setting up an office here in 2003, we have developed two of the largest gas fields in the country in partnership with national oil company Sonatrach.

Equinor fields

Together with ENI and the Algerian national oil company Sonatrach Equinor is involved in the development and production of two of the largest gas fields in the country, In Salah and In Amenas.

In Salah

The In Salah dry gas project develops seven gas fields in the central Sahara area. Production capacity is 9 billion cubic metres per year. First gas was delivered in August 2004. Part of the gas is marketed in Europe on the basis of a long-term sales and purchase agreement.

Equinor and its partners ENI and Sonatrach commenced production at the Teg, Reg and Krechba fields in 2004 and have now developed the four remaining gas fields Gour Mahmoud, In Salah, Garet el Befinat and Hassi Moumene located in the Southern part of the In Salah licence.

In Amenas

The In Amenas gas project is the fourth-largest gas development project in Algeria. It came on stream in 2006 and is located some 1,200 km from the coast, towards the Libyan border. Production capacity is 9 billion cubic metres per year. Operatorship is shared between ENI, Sonatrach and Equinor in a joint venture.

On 16 January 2013 a brutal terror attack at the In Amenas facility claimed the lives of 40 innocent people, including five Statoil employees. More information about our emergency response and the subsequent investigation is provided below. Ordinary operations have resumed at In Amenas.