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Everything you ever wanted to know about wireline logging in

Algeria………

……but were too hung-over in logging school to ask.

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WELCOME TO ALGERIA! ................................................................................................ 4

PLEASE BE SAFE! ............................................................................................................. 4

Climate ................................................................................................................................................................4

Vehicles and traffic ...........................................................................................................................................5

ARRIVING IN ALGERIA................................................................................................... 6

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 8

GEOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 9

Sequence ..........................................................................................................................................................10

SERVICES ...................................................................................................................... 12

Open-hole.........................................................................................................................................................12

Cased-hole .......................................................................................................................................................14

LOADING-OUT ............................................................................................................. 15

Pre-job ...............................................................................................................................................................15

Traveling to and from location ......................................................................................................................15

On location .......................................................................................................................................................15

Post-job..............................................................................................................................................................16

CLIENTS ......................................................................................................................... 17

• Sonatrach .................................................................................................................................................17

• Groupement Berkine .............................................................................................................................19

• Sonahess ..................................................................................................................................................20

• First Calgary .............................................................................................................................................20

• Burlington Resources..............................................................................................................................21

• CEPSA........................................................................................................................................................21

• Gulf Keystone ..........................................................................................................................................21

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• BHP Billiton ................................................................................................................................................22

• Other Clients in Algeria .........................................................................................................................22

LIVING ON CAMP ........................................................................................................ 23

Working Hours...................................................................................................................................................23

Food ...................................................................................................................................................................23

Accommodation .............................................................................................................................................23

Leisure Activities...............................................................................................................................................24

Educational Activities .....................................................................................................................................24

PHOTO GALLERY .......................................................................................................... 26

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Welcome to Algeria! You have just arrived at, or are about to come to (or perhaps are just interested in) one of the busiest truck bases that Baker Atlas have world-wide. This document is aimed at new engineers who may be transferring to Algeria district, and it is designed to give you an overview of why we are here, what we get up to, which companies we are working for and where they are located. For anyone used to offshore operations, it is likely that working in this location will come as something of a culture shock. For those coming from other truck locations it is likely that you’ll find a number of differences also.

Please be safe! Like all Baker Atlas locations you will be required to observe all company policies relating to working safely. This includes wearing your PPE, assessing risk during your operations, and observing company guidelines for the safe use of explosives and radioactive materials. There are some safety matters that are particular to the location, and that you should be aware of.

Climate This is the hottest place on the Earth. Really. All that stuff about Death Valley is for the tourists. The hottest temperature ever recorded on the earth was 58 degrees centigrade (136 deg Fahrenheit), and that was at El Azizia, Libya in 1922. That’s pretty close to here; Algeria itself has several areas that regularly get into the mid 50’s in summer, and this is one of them. Suffice it to say, it’s the hottest place that you will ever have to do a logging job in, so when you’re going out on jobs here in the summer months you need to remember a few things:

1. Hydration. It’s the desert – zero percent humidity, so it seems that you are hardly sweating at all. You are, it’s just that it’s getting wicked away so fast that you don’t know it. Your crew will load up cases of water when you leave for the job. Make sure you drink it. Getting through 5 or 6 1.5L bottles of mineral water a day is not considered excessive in these kinds of conditions.

2. Heat stroke/heat exhaustion. Be aware of the symptoms; these include fatigue and weakness, nausea, dizziness, muscle cramps, tachycardia (unusual heart rhythm) and piloerection (goosebumps to you and me). It may often feel like you are suffering from flu, but like in other locations where fever symptoms are seen as a warning sign for something else (such as malaria), here you should be aware this could be the onset of a heat related condition. This can be serious and you need to be able to recognize it in yourself and in those around you. The most basic treatment is to simply cool the patient as best as possible, lie them down and elevate their feet since blood vessel dilation will have caused their blood

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to pool in their feet (fainting is common), and hydrate well, preferably with a sugar/salt solution.

3. Be prepared. Common sense mostly – bring sunscreen with a high SPF, a wide brimmed hat is a good idea, sunglasses are essential. If you can stomach Marmite, bring a jar as a luxury to go on jobs with – it’s good for salt replacement. Most of the drilling camps are pretty good these days, so you don’t need these things to survive, but bring them in anyway to make your time a bit more comfortable.

Vehicles and traffic It’s not the worst place in the world to drive a car – but if you’re only used to traffic conditions in Europe and North America, then driving in Algeria might come as a bit of a shock. You will be required to pass a defensive driving exam locally, before being allowed to drive any company vehicles; during this course you will shown the important local idiosyncrasies of driving in Algeria. It is unlikely that you will be required to do any long distance driving in Algeria; however you should be aware of the hazards. Sand drifts constantly in the region, and following even the mildest windstorm even the major roads can disappear under meters of sand. Piste roads disappear altogether. In the event that you are in a vehicle that breaks down in the desert, please remember this one rule:

!!Stay with the vehicle!! There is no more important advice than this. In the majority of cases you will be equipped with a Thuraya phone to raise the alarm to base. We also operate a journey management system so that you will be missed if you do not turn up on the rigsite or at base when expected. Someone will come and get you. Do not attempt a self-rescue, even if (you think) you can see a town etc.

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Arriving in Algeria In order to fly into Hassi Messaoud, you will have to come from your home location to one of the access destinations; these are London Gatwick or Paris Charles de Gaulle airports. YOU NEED A VISA TO COME HERE! If you’re not Algerian, you will need a visa. This might seem obvious, but people have previously mistaken their letter of invitation for a visa. This is not the case, so please don’t leave home until you have your visa. If possible, before leaving please try to alert us to your arrival details with an e-mail to Algeria.opsman@bakeratlas.com and/or Algeria.coordinator@bakeratlas.com . If you’re reading this on the flight down here, don’t panic! This is just a backup measure. NOTE: Don’t try and take any photos in and around airports in Algeria!! The pictures here were taken with permission and downloaded from a local website. There are two charter companies that fly regular services into Hassi; these are called GO-FAST and JET-AIR. Depending on which airport you fly from and on which day, you may have to spend a night in Paris or, more commonly, at the Renaissance hotel in Gatwick. This will at least take care of all of your toiletry and stationary requirements for the hitch.

Flying in and out of Algeria means getting your bags checked. A lot. Just get used to it, there’s nothing you can do to prevent it, so you might as well just help out as much as possible. During your flight in you will be given an arrival card, a departure card and 2 customs declarations cards. Take a pen to fill these out with. You will show your arrival card along with your passport and visa when you get off the plane. You will then need to get your customs declaration endorsed. You will have to declare anything that you are carrying (such as a laptop) on this form. NOTE: the customs officer will endorse BOTH forms and hand you back one of them – don’t lose this! That done; your bag will be now checked for the first time. Obvious contraband should be avoided when packing; if in doubt, leave it at home the first time and/or write to us here and ask advice. If you are bringing any medical supplies

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that are out of the ordinary, please try to obtain and medical certificate explaining what they are. First time arrivals will need to obtain a ‘desert pass’ before leaving the airport. This is obtained after your bag has been checked from the POLICE window. You simply hand over your passport, state the name of the company you work for and one will be written up for you. This is valid for 7 days, though you don’t need it on your way out. Extended and/or permanent desert passes will be obtained for you by the personnel department. Show your pass, and your passport again as you leave the baggage reclaim area (your bags will probably be checked again) and proceed out to the arrivals area. Someone from Baker Atlas will be there to meet you and bring you to the base.

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Introduction Oil and Gas production are of primary importance to the economy of Algeria. Since emerging from a civil war, Algeria is now experiencing a significant economic upturn. Over 90% of the country’s foreign export earnings come from the sale of oil and gas, and in 2002 Algeria was producing 1.46 million bbl/day of oil. Most of this is pumped under the Mediterranean to Western Europe; Italy is the number 1 recipient closely followed by Germany and France. As of Jan 1st 2003 however, OPEC introduced a production quota of 780,000 barrels per day (this applies to crude production only), way below the total capacity of the country. Of additional interest to the international oil market, is the fact that Algerian is a 45° crude, typically with as little as 0.05% sulphur content and a negligible metal content. These specifications make Algerian Sahara Blend one of the best crude oils in the world. Not surprisingly, the Algerian government has been pressing its case with OPEC to increase its quota, as it currently has plans to increase its crude production capacity to 1.5 million bbl/day by end 2004 and up to 2 million bbl/day within 10 years. In order to do this, the state owned oil company, Sonatrach, is working with independent oil companies, following a bill that was introduced in 2002 to increase private involvement. These foreign partners include Anadarko, Amerada-Hess, Burlington Resources, BHP Billiton, First Calgary and Cepsa. All of the above have to enter partnerships with the national oil company, to a greater or lesser extent. The drilling and production operations of these partnerships, as well as those of Sonatrach itself, is where we come in, providing wireline services to all of the above.

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Geology The country of Algeria sits upon the intersection of 3 major geological provinces (of interest to hydrocarbon exploration that is). These are:

• The Grand Erg/Ahnet basin in the west of the country extending into Morocco;

• The Illizzi basin in the south-east; • And the Trias/Ghadames basin in the east that extends into Tunisia

and modern-day Libya.

Each of these provinces feature proven oil reserves and are being actively exploited. Whilst the stratigraphy of the whole region is fairly continuous in Algeria (indeed, throughout all of North Africa), the mechanisms of petroleum generation, migration and entrapment are particular to the history of particular basins. To simplify this introduction, we’re going to zoom into the particular basin where the bulk of our work takes place.

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Hassi Messaoud is the first and the largest oilfield to be discovered in Algeria. Our base is located in the town of Hassi Messaoud that is, unsurprisingly, located right in the middle of that field. The estimated total reserves of the Hassi Messaoud field are 6.4 billion barrels. Yep. That’s more than the total reserves estimated in all the fields in the UK (4.9 billion barrels). And that’s just one field.

Sequence The reservoirs that are exploited in Algeria are found from the Triassic system down. The Hassi Messaoud area features reservoirs in the Upper Triassic, Devonian, Ordovician and Cambrian systems. These are all ancient rock systems and extremely hard. The reservoirs themselves are typically very clean sand structures, bounded by claystones and conglomerates. Large reservoirs also exist in the Carboniferous system further south, though this sequence if effectively faulted out through most of the Hassi Messaoud field. There are several source rocks for the hydrocarbons present, the main being an organic-rich, marine-mudstone of the Silurian system, known as the Tanezzuft formation. The Tanezzuft (also known as Argileux or Oued Imirhou) was deposited during a major flooding event across the region i.e. when this whole area was an ocean; it ranges from 200m to 550m thick and is large enough to be clearly defined on a log. Overlying all of these systems is a thick layer of salt, anhydrite and mudstone known as the ‘Saliferous units’ (or Zaraitine in the southerly Illizi area). This thick (up to 800m) evaporite layer acts as a hydrocarbon seal across the whole region. The most common hydrocarbon trapping mechanisms are anticlines and faulted anticlines, capped by the evaporate layer, and completed underneath by metamorphic rock and magma at the Infra-Cambrian level. They say a picture says a thousand words; the example cross-section below illustrates the above.

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Above the Jurassic Silurian units, the geology is of less interest from a production point of view – however since we frequently run intermediate logs at these depths, it is useful to be aware some of the structural markers you will come across. Layers of sandstone and claystone make up most of the lower and upper cretaceous systems; there are however a couple of local marker beds to look out for. In the mid-Cretaceous system (typically found at around 1000m) there is a thin and uniform bed of dolostone which is known as the Austrian Unconformity. Above this the most notable marker is the Senonian stage which features salt, anhydrite, and marl over of an interval typically longer than 100m. See the attached links for more detail:

Geological sequence.pdf Trias.pdf Drilling and logging in Algeria is basically a study of ancient rocks and geological systems. A direct result of the age of the reservoirs here is that the rock is very hard, and the drilling is very slow. This is what makes Algeria an ideal wireline environment, since the economics (cheap rig rates and slow drilling) do not favor using LWD tools to log the wells.

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Services

Open-hole

Surface and Intermediate logging Most of our clients in Algeria will typically run intermediate and surface logging programs. These generally contain fairly simple combinations. A typical logging run for 12 1/4” and 16” holes would be: HDIL/DAC/GR/CAL Resistivity services are only run sporadically at this depth; it is used in combination with gamma ray, as a lithology identifier, much in the way that is it commonly run on LWD in other areas. It would be of particular use in clearly identifying anhydrite, marl etc. The acoustic service is primarily run to tie in seismic data for mapping an entire field. Accurate caliper data is required for planning cementing programs. Most strings are cemented back to a very high level to isolate and prevent contamination of drinking water reservoirs.

8 ½” Logging

As a general rule, most wells are terminated in 6” (or 5 7/8”) hole. This is not a hard and fast rule; some ‘slim-well’ designs do exist, but is generally the case. In this case, the 8 ½” section will typically span the evaporate Saliferous units, and is usually drilled with a high mud-weight due to a high pressure, water-bearing unit, known as ‘Horizon B’. Typical logging services in 8 ½” hole are as per the intermediate logging programs. In addition to this, we will typically run an SBT in the 9 5/8” and 7” casing to verify that the Horizon B is well isolated. Some clients will just run this after the TD logs across the liner and casing strings.

TD Logging TD logs for most clients in Algeria feature the full selection of our high-tech logging services. For example, the following services were run for Sonahess on a recent TD job. PCL/XMAC Elite/Slam/MRIL/RCI/EI/CBIL The only high tech service that you are unlikely to meet in Algeria is 3DEX, since most reservoirs here are clean, homogenous sand.

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Imaging (CBIL/EI/STAR) Fractures, fractures, fractures. Image logs are primarily used in Algeria to identify fractures for production purposes. Most image logs that are produced are processed by Geoscience, either locally or in London, to identify and quantify fracturing and whether they are open or closed. We run both Earth Imager (or STAR) and CBIL, usually in combination, so that the maximum amount of information can be obtained. XMAC (and Elite) Since secondary porosity is of major importance to production in hard rock reservoirs, and since artificial fracturing is frequently performed, there is a lot of local application for advanced acoustic services. The orientation of formation anisotropy and rock hardness information is very important to our clients in choosing zones to perforate as well as planning frac and stim jobs. RCI As in other regions, RCI is run to obtain formation pressures in order to obtain fluid gradients. Some sampling is also done, but not a great deal. In most cases, samples are extracted at location so a lot of the tool’s functionality is unused. NIR has been used successfully in Algeria, and this is one of the first locations to get the straddle packer. Formations in Algeria are not very mobile, also since fractures contribute so much to local reservoir permeability, it is often necessary to ‘hunt’ for good test points by moving the string above and below the requested sample point. All RCI engineers in the district are required to follow the testing procedures outlined in the ‘Precision Pressure Gradients’ document, as distributed by the Houston Technology centre.

Precision Pressure Gradients_rev4(1).pdf MRIL Again, like other regions, Magnetic Resonance is used to back up conventional openhole log data, in terms of porosity and permeability measurements. Of particular interest of course is the difference between the total and effective porosities. There are some limitations on MRIL here however since porosities here are often very low. Seismic Services Field mapping is still very much in progress in many of the areas that we work in, as such VSP services are commonly run on TD jobs. ECLIPS PRO FOCUS, Project Matrix, ‘Fisher Price Logging Tools’….whatever you call them, the real name for the new lightweight logging platform is Eclips Pro. Algeria is the

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first place for it to be released in the Eastern Hemisphere, and it will be targeted at intermediate and surface logging jobs. We intend to have a local training program here which all locally assigned engineers will go through.

Cased-hole By revenue, open-hole and cased have about a 50/50 split in Algeria. In terms of operations however, cased hole services account for about 75% to 80% of the jobs that we run. We do A LOT of chemi-cuts, tubing punches, plugs, casing patches, STIM guns, retainers and FPIs. We also run cement evaluation of some kind on every well that is drilled on which we have a contract. Perforating Again, because of the reservoir hardness here, there are not many open hole completions or slotted liners being run in Algeria. Ballistic perforating is required as much for stimulation as for providing a fluid path. We wireline perforating in a range of sizes, from 1 9/16” to 3 1/8” Predator XP. We mostly use top-fire boostered guns, but some bottom fire perforating is also done. TCP Tubing conveyed perforating is becoming more and more common, and also more and more sophisticated. We are developing a local TCP ‘department’ and any new experience from incoming personnel that can be added to this will be very welcome. PLTs Production logging is becoming a much more common service in Algeria. A variety of services are required. Atlas and SONDEX tools are used; we also run tractor conveyed services. After RCI, RPM is most common ‘required’ training for engineers in this location.

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Loading-out

Pre-job We operate a similar load-out procedure to most bases. Jobs come in, and are tracked on the daily operations sheet. An ETF (equipment tracking form) is developed by the Operations Manager and an engineer and truck assigned. The lab assigns a primary and back-up string of tools which the engineer then checks out in the shop. Wherever possible, a pre-job meeting is held with the operations manager. Templates for this exist for each client so that client-specific matters can be addressed in advance.

Traveling to and from location In most cases, engineers will fly to location, except for local jobs in the Hassi Messaoud area. The flight bookings are arranged by the Ops manager, these are mostly put on by the clients though we frequently charter our own aircraft to get to and from certain locations. The planes are usually small turbo-prop aircraft such as Twin Otters, Beachcraft or if you’re unlucky, a Pilatus.

The logging truck will be driven to location by your crew. In addition to this they will probably take another vehicle such as a Land-Cruiser to use for getting to and from the rig camp to the rig site. On pressure control jobs, an additional driver will bring the crane with the GIT equipment and modules loaded onto it. Explosives cannot leave the base without a military escort. These take 2 days to arrange so some operations that call in at the last minute (and lots do), are time-dependant on an escort being available. In most cases you will be on location to receive the explosives when they arrive.

On location Like any rig in the world, there will be a company man on site with whom you should check on arrival. For rigless operations, we will have arranged that a client representative be there for you meet.

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As previously mentioned, the rig camp may be some distance from the rig-site, so you will have an additional vehicle to commute between the two. The camps are typically good or very good, depending on the client. The worse rig camps are not as bad as you often find on US land operations. You will also have a Thuraya or other phone so you can call in to say you have arrived and to update the Ops manager on what’s going on. This is appreciated!!! An update in the morning, before the Ops meeting and/or in the evening is very helpful for us to plan movements of trucks and people. No news is NOT good news; we’re probably planning your next job!

Post-job Once your operation is finished you should call in to inform the Operations manager of the fact. It is important that you let us know what time the truck is leaving so we know roughly when to expect it. We will also need to know what time you’re getting back so that someone can collect you from the airport.

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Clients

• Sonatrach FACTS: Ø Sonatrach is the national oil company of Algeria Ø The company employs some 50,000 employees in Algeria. Ø Annual turnover (2002 figures) of over $20Million. Ø Operates production-sharing contracts with private international oil

companies. No company is allowed to operate in the oil industry in Algeria without a cooperative agreement with Sonatrach.

Ø Production capacity is listed as that of the total production of Algeria – that is to say some 200 million (equivalent) barrels of oil per day.

Ø Operates the entire pipeline network in Algeria; consisting of 14 oil pipelines, 11 gas pipelines, a total length of 14,529km.

Baker Atlas won a contract in 2003 to perform 50% of Sonatrach’s wireline work. This represents the work that Sonatrach perform as a single entity, and is exclusive of the partnerships the company has with private oil companies. Our operations for Sonatrach can be broken down into 3 categories:

1. Hassi Messaoud - Operations taking place within the Hassi Messaoud field. This is loosely defined as an area with a 15km radius of the town of Hassi Messaoud. Expats can move freely around this area with an escort.

2. Hassi R’Mel – (pronounced Ah-mel) This is a large gas field some 300km north by north west of Hassi Messaoud. This work will be performed and resourced from a satellite base established within a drilling camp near to the town of Hassi Messaoud.

3. Exploration – As you can imagine from the name, this work consists of exploration wells being drilled in search of new reservoirs in Algeria. They can be anywhere – examples include operations near (200km) the city of Adrar. These operations present significant logistical problems as they are often several days drive from our base in Hassi Messaoud.

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The map below shows how the different exploration and production blocks are divided up between the different interested parties in Algeria. It is useful to take a moment and get familiar with the relative positions of these operations.

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• Groupement Berkine FACTS: Ø Production sharing agreement between Sonatrach and Anadarko, the

resultant company is called Groupement Berkine. Ø Based in the area of Hassi Berkine, hence the name. Ø Hold exploration and production leases on 6 blocks. Ø Current proven reserves of 372 million barrels in 15 oil and gas fields. Ø Production capacity of 530,000 barrels a day Ø Located at Hassi Berkine, South-East of Hassi Messaoud, about a 3 hour

drive – ex-pats fly.

Groupement Berkine is a bit different in that we run it as a satellite operation to the main base in Hassi Messaoud. In the Groupement CPF (central production facility) we have an office, a doghouse and a gun-loading facility nearby. An assigned engineer-in-charge is always on location with a crew, and they move around the fields as required doing perforating, plugs and assorted work-over services.

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• Sonahess FACTS: Ø Production sharing agreement between Sonatrach and Amerada Hess,

the resultant company is called Sonahess. Ø Based in the El Gassi/El Aghreb field, in the town of El Gassi. About 1 hour,

15 mins drive south of Hassi Messaoud; ex-pats often fly or go by road with an escort.

Ø Committed to a $500 million investment to enhance recovery facilities. Ø Net production of 19,000 barrels a day in 2003.

We currently have contracts to perform wireline services on two Sonahess drilling rigs, TP129 and TP130. Both rigs keep us fairly busy with intermediate and fairly large TD jobs. Sonahess are one company that has used Earth Imager and frequently runs RCI. Generally speaking, they are a good bunch to work for. http://www.hess.com/ep/north_africa.htm

• First Calgary Ø Independent Canadian Oil Company with interests worldwide. Ø Holds exploration leases in several area of Algeria including the Berkine

basin. Also exploration drilling in the Hefta region, close to the Tunisian border.

Ø 39 wells drilled so far in a $138 million investment. Ø Net production in Algeria unknown, in region of 15-20,000 barrels a day.

http://www.fcpl.ca/operations/index.html

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• Burlington Resources Ø Production sharing agreement between Sonatrach and Burlington

resources. Burlington has an operating 65% interest. Ø Holding exploration and production leases on 2 blocks, 405a and 402d. Ø 39 wells drilled so far in a $138 million investment. Ø Net production of 14,000 barrels a day from the MLN field.

Burlington is located very nearby to our office. They have two teams, one drilling and one workover that we are working for. During logging operations we will normally attend their morning 9am meetings. We have a good relation ship with these guys – they have the best attending weekly safety meeting in town, probably due to the pizza and beer that is served after it. http://www.br-inc.com/assets/assets_algeria.asp

• CEPSA Ø Spanish group of companies with diversified interests in Petroleum,

petrochemicals and plastics. Ø Exploration lease with Block 406. Main fields of interest are RKF and

Ourhoud. Ø RKF field is pretty well developed and currently produces 20,000 barrels a

day. Ø Ourhoud is a production sharing agreement in which CEPSA has the

largest stake, and is the operator. Current production of 230,000 barrels a day.

http://www.cepsa.com/corporativo/pages/c_4_1-eng.htm

• Gulf Keystone Ø Independent Oil Company. Ø Currently in exploration and appraisal operations in the Tebessa region of

Algeria, close to the Tunisian border. Ø Net production in Algeria unknown.

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• BHP Billiton Ø Very large Australian diversified resources company, with interests

worldwide. Ø Holds exploration leases in blocks 401 and 402. BHP is the operating

partner in this development, although AGIP have a majority shareholding. Ø $192M investment, as part of a total project cost of $502M. Ø Anticipated net production is 80,000 barrels per day from the ROD

development by mid-2004.

BHP is the operating partner of a joint production agreement involving them, Sonatrach and AGIP. The development is called ROD (Rhourde Oulad Djemma) and involves the development of a total of six proven oil reserves – ROD, SFNE, RERN, BSF, RDB and RAR. We have been active on all of the operations in this project, which should be complete in 2004. BHP will also exploit a major gas find in the south of the country called Ohanet.

BHP algeria resources link.pdf http://globaloil.bhpbilliton.com/repository/crudesCondensates/newDevelopments/algeria/algeria.asp

• Other Clients in Algeria Ø Total Fina Elf Ø Maersk Ø Repsol Ø Petronas Ø Gaz de France

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Living on Camp

Working Hours Throughout the winter months from November to May, work starts in the base at 8am for the majority of the staff. There is however a supervisors meeting in the Operations Manager’s office at 7:30 that engineers’ are welcome to join – it’s the only chance you’ll get of having a decent cup of coffee in the morning. Following that, there is a general operations meeting in the conference room for all the senior staff in which we discuss current and upcoming operations in the base. Sandwiches are put on at 10 for the quick and hungry. We break for lunch at 12 until 2; work in the afternoon goes on till 6pm. In the summer months however, the day starts an hour earlier and the lunch-break is extended to 3 hours (I know, it’s an Algerian thing). The working day ends at 6. If you need operators to work after this time, check with the shop foreman who will get arrange a crew for you. Those are the working hours, but you know how it is; work goes on whenever there is work to be done, much like any other base.

Food The Galley is open for breakfast from 6 till 7. This is basically a ‘continental’ affair – be warned that Algerians have a sweet tooth, get hooked on their morning pastries at your peril. You can eggs cooked for you if you like. Lunch is served from 12 till 1; you can still eat after this, but there may not be much left and the catering staff will be taking their own meal. The evening meal is served from 6:30 till 7:30. The food’s pretty good, the guys do a decent job of varying the menu, and there’s a mean apple crumble on Sunday nights. If you don’t like the food, take a look around you and have a think for a minute where you are. If you still have a complaint, then there’s a book in the Galley that you can address it with. Thursday nights (that’s our Saturday) we have a BBQ. We eat a bit later and have barbequed meats etc. There are usually a few customers and other service company guys around, we get a fire going, and it’s generally a pretty social evening.

Accommodation The accommodation consists of pre-fabricated accommodation blocks, all located in a camp area behind the shop, and around the pool. There are 2 rooms to a block. You’ll get your own room, with a bed, a separate bathroom with toilet, sink and shower, an AC and some cupboards. Eventually personnel get their ‘own’ room, but you may be required to hot-bed around for your first hitch or two. No-one gets their ‘own’ room; there’s enough of us and enough

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visitors that your room will be occupied whilst you are away. You can leave stuff locked away when you are not here – lots of guys arrange for TVs and DVD players to be shipped in which can be hooked up to the satellite system in the camp.

Leisure Activities Hey, you’re coming here to work, not to have fun. Actually, when the work is finished (or put aside for the day) we have a pretty good time here. In the warmer evenings, volleyball is the sport of choice. We have a floodlit, sand court and the fierce competitiveness of the games is matched only by the complete absence of skill with which they are played. After the game people retire to their rooms or to the games room to play pool or watch TV. There is a large library of DVDs and videos that can be signed out. Other nights, we sit out by the pool (we’ve got a pool) at the bush bar, for a chat and we’ve even been known to have the odd beer now and then (ahem!). For some, working on rotation in the desert is a chance to get a bit fitter in order to enjoy your days off. Of course, there’s the whole desert to go and run in. A number of routes have been measured out that you can use to design a training plan. You have to sign in and out at the gate – so someone will come looking for you if you overdo it. Indoors, there is a well equipped gym. Lunchtimes and evenings this is well used and training partners are easy to find. In addition to weights, there is a rowing machine and a bike for cardio-vascular exercise. Leisure facilities are constantly being improved as the base grows – suggestions are welcome, and will be acted upon if it is a popular proposal. Don’t be surprised though if you suddenly find yourself with a budget and in charge of implementing it!

Educational Activities Algeria is part of ‘la Francophonie’, that is to say, it is a French speaking country. We have a teacher in the base who’s primary duties is to provide English lessons to our local employees, however, he is also a qualified French teacher. A lot of people use the opportunity of being here to take lessons and learn to speak French. It is provided for free by the company. After perfecting your French, you may even consider moving on to learn some Arabic. ‘Algerian’ is a strange mixture of Arabic, Berber and French and comes in many dialects; however, you can take the opportunity to learn classic Arabic that can be understood here and in many other locations throughout the world.

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Useful Items The attached files may be of use to you in your first few weeks in the base.

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3. Contact list

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4. Organigram

Organisation BA Algeria

5. Emergency response plan

Emergency Response Plan

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Photo Gallery Click on the thumbnails below to see full size pictures of Baker Atlas’ Algeria Operations. Vehicles and Hardware

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Around the Camp

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In the Desert

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• Sources 1. Total Petroleum Systems of the Trias/Ghadames Province, Algeria, Tunisia

and Libya – The Tanezzuft-Oued Mya, Tanezzuft-Melhrir, and Tanezzuft Ghadames. By T.R. Klett, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2002-C

2. Energy Information Administration website (U.S. Department of Energy profile of Algeria) http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/algeria.html

3. Anadarko website. www.anadarko.com 4. Sonatrach website. http://www.sonatrach-dz.com/presentation-

sonatrach-2002.htm