01/03/2003
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Ourhoud field partners report first oil production
First production of 75,000 b/d of oil has started from Ourhoud oil fieldAlgeria's second largestOPEC News Agency reported state oil firm Sonatrach as saying Thursday. The field, which lies in the northeastern part of that country in the Ghadames basin, is about 125 km west of the southern tip of Tunisia and about 250 km east-southeast of Hassi Messaoud, Algeria's largest oil field.