We are pleased to announce a major milestone for our client Sonatrach, for Bonatti and our partner Petrofac: on Monday 2 July Alrar started production!

The Algerian Minister of Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning, Noureddine Bedoui and Minister of Energy, Mustapha Guitouni, the Sonatrach’s Chief Executive, Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, Bonatti Group Chief Executive, Paolo Ghirelli, and Petrofac Group Chief Executive, Ayman Asfari, came together for the inauguration ceremony at the gas field.

The joint venture between Bonatti and Petrofac executed engineering, procurement and construction of the new separation and boosting compression facilities in Alrar with the goals to increase the production and extend field life.

Mr Paolo Ghirelli, Bonatti Group CEO, commented: “It was a real challenge that we won due to our people, our long presence in Algeria and fruitful cooperation with our Partner Petrofac. Our client Sonatrach is now able to improve the production of this important field”.

Mr Roberto Castelli, Bonatti Plant Construction Director, also said: “Our people were the key-element to execute works in a such challenging area. We overcame many difficulties and worked very hard to achieve the project’s goals. Today we are celebrating this result with our client Sonatrach and our Partner Petrofac, tomorrow we will be ready for new challenges”.

About Bonatti

Bonatti is an oil & gas international general contractor with 70 years of experience to the service of oil & gas and power industry, facing challenging projects under the most critical environmental and logistical conditions in remote locations, combining advanced methods and technologies.

About Petrofac

Petrofac is an international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, with a diverse customer portfolio including many of the world’s leading integrated, independent and national oil and gas companies.

Petrofac designs, builds, operates and maintains oil and gas facilities, delivered through a range of innovative commercial models, enabling it to respond to the distinct needs of each client and helping them to transform the value of their assets across the oil and gas life cycle.

Petrofac’s service offering is underpinned by its ability to develop resource holders’ local capability through the provision of skills training with competency development and assurance frameworks. Around 20,000 employees operate out of seven strategically located operational centres, in Sharjah, Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Woking, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kuala Lumpur and a further 24 offices worldwide.

Petrofac is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC)

About Sonatrach

Sonatrach is the largest oil and gas company in Algeria and Africa. The company operates in exploration, production, pipeline transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons and by products.