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Algeria
Tug-of-War over Medgaz

As a new Spanish company prepares to join the Medgaz project, Paris is fighting to get the pipeline extended to France. [...]

Published on 11.02.2004 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Algeria French in Oil Counter-Offensive

Algeria, Spain GDF Won’t Distribute Algerian Gas

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Algeria
Tug-of-War over Medgaz

Algeria
French in Oil Counter-Offensive

Algeria, Spain
GDF Won’t Distribute Algerian Gas

Spotlight | Algeria
Shifts into Higher Gear

Spotlight | Algeria, Spain
Sonatrach's European Gas Wager

Spotlight | Africa, France
OIL AND GAS, THE SEMINAR GLUT

Algeria, Nigeria
GAS EQUATION

Algeria
FURTHER PULLOUTS PLANNED

Algeria, Morocco
NEW PIPELINE WRAPPED-UP

Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa
GAS: THE AWAKENING

Algeria
ALGERIAN-U.S. TIE-UP

Algeria, Morocco
NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE

Spotlight | Algeria
POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

Algeria
TENDERS COMING UP