14% drop in national crude oil production
National production of crude oil stood at 1,016 thousand tonnes (kt), at the end of September 2024, thus recording a drop of 14% compared to the same period of the past year, according to the report on the energy situation for September 2024, published by the National Energy and Mines Observatory.
This decline affected several fields, namely: Ashtart (-26%), El Hajeb/Guebiba (-35%), Gherib (-33%), Maamoura (-87%), Baraka (37%), Halk el Manzel ( -20%), Miskar(-20%), Hasdrubal (-11%), MLD (-15%), Cercina
(-10%), Nawara (-9%) and Dorra (-29%).
On the other hand, other fields recorded an increase in their production. These are the Adam (+8%), Ouedzar (+19%), Bir Ben Tartar (+86%), Sidi Litayem (+33%) and Ch.Essaida (+14%) fields.
According to the observatory report, the daily average of oil production increased from 33.9 thousand barrels/d at the end of September 2023 to 29.2 thousand barrels/d at the end of September 2024.
