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Chevron Looks To Seal Gas Exploration Deal In Algeria

U.S. supermajor Chevron has increased efforts to reach an energy exploration agreement with Algeria and is assessing the North African country’s estimated huge shale gas resources, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, quoting sources with knowledge of the plans.

Other energy majors, including Eni and TotalEnergies, see Algeria and North Africa as sources to replace Russian natural gas deliveries to Europe after Russia slashed supply to the West after it invaded Ukraine.

Chevron has sent representatives to Algiers to explore opportunities, and some of those representatives have met with Algerian officials in recent weeks, the Journal’s sources say.   

Chevron is also assessing the vast shale gas resources that Algeria is estimated to have. Algeria is believed to have the world’s third-biggest shale gas resources, at 706.9 trillion cubic feet, more than the U.S. shale gas resources estimated at 622.5 trillion cubic feet, according to data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Only China and Argentina are estimated to hold more shale gas resources than Algeria.   

“Algeria holds a world-class petroleum system with significant potential for conventional and unconventional oil-and-gas exploration,” a spokeswoman for Chevron told the Journal, but declined to comment on specific opportunities or discussions.

Chevron operates in the Mediterranean, with a stake in the huge Leviathan gas field offshore Israel, one of the world’s largest deepwater gas discoveries of the 2000-2010 period. The U.S. supermajor is also the operator of the Nargis Offshore Area Concession offshore Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Last month, Eni announced a significant new gas discovery at the Nargis-1 exploration well in the area in which Chevron Holdings C Pte. Ltd. is the operator with a 45% interest.

Oil and gas majors are now looking to sign additional deals in the Mediterranean and North Africa to supply gas to Europe, which wants to ditch Russian gas by 2027.

Eni’s chief executive Claudio Descalzi told the Financial Times last month that Europe should look to Africa for a “south-north” energy axis that would deliver gas from Africa to the EU.  

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  • Mamdouh Salameh on February 06 2023 said:
    With 80.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of proven gas reserves and estimated 706.9 tcf of shale gas resources, the third largest in the world after China and Argentina, Algeria could be a force to be reckoned with in the global oil market. Its proximity to Europe enables it to become a major supplier of both piped gas via undersea gas pipelines to Spain and Italy and LNG.

    Three supermajor oil companies Chevron, ENI and TotalEnergies are currently courting Algeria with the hope of striking a deal with it. Each one of them has an excellent track record in global oil and gas discoveries but Chevron has the edge with its expertise in US shale gas production. This could be a bonus in its favour when developing Algeria’s huge shale gas resources.

    Dr Mamdouh G Salameh
    International Oil Economist
    Global Energy Expert

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