Oran Shale Gas Workshop

As part of Algerian Gas Industry's participation (AIG) in the work of IGU (Algeria chairs the WOC1 of IGU), Sonatrach has offered to organize a Workshop about Shale Gas. This meeting will take place in a particular context as Sonatrach is about to make its first Pilot Shale gas drilling.

Workshop is an opportunity for all stakeholders of the project Shale gas and international experts to meet. This workhshop is expected for 27th and 28th February 2012 in Hotel Meridien, Convention Center, Oran Algeria. WOC1 5th meeting will take place the 1st March 2012 in the same location. Participants will be not less than 200 people, they will be members of the IGU, delegates from the MEM (Algerian Energy and Mining Ministry), the national and international experts and representatives of service companies. We will be honored by your presence and your participation in the debates at this workshop.

Algeria Shale Gas Workshop will offer participants interaction with industry-leading managers, elected officials and thought leaders integral to advancing shale gas development. Roundtables, panel discussions and receptions will provide tremendous networking opportunity for invigorating discussions, insights into the legislative and regulatory arenas and learning first-hand the innovative technologies that will advance shale gas development.

In order to make the stay of Shale Gas Workshop participants and their accompanying persons, as pleasant as possible, the AIG Committee is organising some social and technical visits during and after the workshop. These visits will concern the city of Oran itself as well as other town as attractive and welcoming as the latter. The town to be visited is Tlemcen which is about 160 km far from Oran