The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, met on Tuesday with Toufik Hakkar Adle, Chairman and General Manager of the Algerian company Sonatrach, in the presence of the CEO of Sibiki Company and a number of heads of oil services companies in Algeria.
During the meeting, developing of ways of mutual cooperation between the two sides was discussed and the possibility of Sonatrach’s return to work in Libya, through completing its contractual obligations in Contract Areas 065 and 96/95, especially after the improvement of security conditions and stability in an encouraging manner, as the results of good exploration drilling for these Areas and finalizing development plans for production were discussed in detail.
A brief presentation was also made by the service companies of Sonatrach (construction, drilling and implementation of projects), where Sanalla commended the ability of Algerian companies and called them to develop twinning programs with their counterparts from the service companies affiliated with the NOC such as (National Oil Wells Drilling and Workover Company, Construction Company and a Taknia Libya Engineering company).
Sonatrach service companies welcomed the idea and it was agreed to form joint committees in this field and to sign memoranda of understanding in particular.
The vocational training programs and the preparation of technical personnel in welding and inspection were also discussed and the two Companies will work to implement these programs in the shortest time.