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Hassi Messaoud

Hassi Messaoud [Arab.,=blessed well], town, E Algeria. Formerly a watering hole in the Sahara desert, Hassi Messaoud rose to prominence with the discovery of oil in 1956. In 1979, oil refining expanded greatly. A refinery is located in the town, and pipelines carry oil to Skikda, Algiers, Bejaïa, and Arzew. By the early 1980s half of Algeria's total oil production came from the field.

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	Algeria Foreign Operators Coming Onstream: Repsol - Tifernine/Tin Mesnaguene. Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 2/8/1999; 200 words ; ...in the Illizi Basin 600 km south of Hassi Messaoud, where Repsol has made several discoveries...south-east of Hassi R'Mel and west of Hassi Messaoud. It was to carry out a seven-year exploration...the Rhames area, 250 km south-east of Hassi Messaoud. In 1989 it acquired a 25% ... Read more
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	ALGERIA - Internal Gas Pipelines. Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends; 2/12/2001; 208 words ; ...and Gassi Touil fields to Hassi Messaoud and Hassi R'Mel. A 988-km...Its northern section from Hassi Messaoud to Hassi R'Mel started up...southern part from Alrar to Hassi Messaoud started up in 1999. A 573... Read more
	Algeria - Oil Producting Fields - Profiles. Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends; 2/8/1999; 700+ words ; ...been taken up by foreign companies: Hassi Messaoud: This is Algeria's first and largest...French in 1956 (see Gas Market Trends). Hassi Messaoud is 1,600 sq km and has two distinct...depths of up to 10,500 feet. Problems at Hassi Messaoud were first encountered in 1984, with... Read more
	ALGERIA - The Refineries. Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 2/5/2007; 700+ words ; ...under contracts awarded in early 2003. Hassi Messaoud I & II: The first plant at Hassi Messaoud was completed in 1960 but started up...Plant II went on stream in 1979 and raise Hassi Messaoud's capacity to 27,000 b/d. The two plants... Read more
	Algeria - Other Foreign Operators. Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 2/8/1999; 524 words ; ...sq km around Touggourt just north of Hassi Messaoud. The US major was to invest $55m to...has focused on Block 427A, south of Hassi Messaoud, which it was awarded late 1992. Its...the Timissit region, 500 km south of Hassi Messaoud. It was to spend $28.8m over five years... Read more
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