The MLE field will be developed for simultaneous dry gas and liquids production with first production currently targeted for late 2009.

In addition to the startup of the El Merk project, Italian energy company Eni and Sonatrach have jointly started gas production at the Menzel Ledjmet East field (MLE).

Italian major Eni has rapidly brought on stream two gas fields in Algeria that will supply the European market. Algeria is becoming an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe ...

First Calgary Petroleums (FCP) Ltd.'s fourth appraisal well in MLE field in eastern Algeria, confirmed MLE's southward extension over a large area within Ledjmet Block 405b. MLE-4 encountered five ...

First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. (FPC), Calgary, reported gas and condensate success at its LEC-1 exploration well on Ledjmet Block 405b in Algeria's Berkine basin.