By: Hana Saada
(OUARGLA)-Prime Minister, Aïmene Benabderrahmane supervised, Thursday, the inauguration of the Separation and Compression Center (CSC) in the southern outskirts of Hassi Ketara (Hassi Messaoud), as part of the celebration of the double anniversary of the nationalization of hydrocarbons and the creation of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA).
The new infrastructure will improve oil production by facilitating the flow via the collection network from the southern fields of Hassi Messaoud, namely Hassi Tarfa, Hassi Dzabat, Hassi Guettar-Ouest and Hassi Guettara (HGA) , in addition to increasing the preliminary treatment capacity by connecting certain current and future wells to the new separation center (Gosp) with a treatment capacity of 60,000 barrels of oil/day.
The center will also recover and even exploit the associated gases resulting from the separation and their transport to the South Industrial Center for their injection at the level of the wells via two compression units with an overall gas compression capacity of 4 .33 million cubic meters/day.
Noting that the project was completed in 65 months by the Indian company “Dodsal”.
Algerians celebrate, today, Thursday, February 24th, 2023, the double anniversary of the nationalization of hydrocarbons (1971) and the creation of the General Union of Algerian Workers (1956). A date anchored in the collective memory of the Algerian people, because it has drawn and defined for many decades the sovereignist line of the national economy, in accordance with the message of November 1.
Indeed, Algeria has consecrated since this date (February 24, 1971) its total sovereignty over the oil resources and all the wealth of its subsoil, hence paving the way for major socio-economic development projects in the country. A historic decision that has enabled Sonatrach to impose itself on the national and international economic scene and initiate a process of economic and social development on a large scale.
Announced by the late Houari Boumediene on February 24, 1971 at the Maison du Peuple in Algiers, headquarters of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) which was celebrating its 15th anniversary, this historic decision put the process of economic and social development on track.
The nationalizations carried out by Algeria during the first years of its independence enabled the State to take the control over all the sectors essential to the economic development of the country and to undertake several actions to modernize the acquired means of production.
Thus, the nationalization of hydrocarbons, on February 24, 1971, remains one of the major economic events in the contemporary history of Algeria and which had contributed to the birth of a vast movement of nationalizations within the producing countries of the Third-World.
Thanks to the efforts made, Algeria has become a major producer and exporter of natural gas and oil in the world, assuming a decisive role as a reliable supplier to its partners. Within major global organizations, such as OPEC, the OPEC+ alliance, the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) and the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), the place of Algeria is today exceptional, distinguishing itself by its initiatives and its consensual positions which are widely hailed and even supported.