Geology of North Africa and Arabia
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Algeria

• U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-A: Total Petroleum Systems of the Illizi Province, Algeria and Libya -- Tanezzuft-Illizi (by T.R. Klett).
• U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-B: Total Petroleum Systems of the Grand Erg/Ahnet Province, Algeria and Morocco -- The Tanezzuft-Timimoun, Tanezzuft-Ahnet, Tanezzuft-Sbaa, Tanezzuft-Mouydir, Tanezzuft-Benoud, and Tanezzuft Béchar/Abadla (by T.R. Klett).
• U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-C: Total Petroleum Systems of the Trias/Ghadames Province, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya -- The Tanezzuft-Oued Mya, Tanezzuft-Melrhir, and Tanezzuft-Ghadames (by T.R. Klett).
• Palaeontological, sedimentological and diagenetic studies of the Devonian in W-Algeria by Prof. J. Wendt and Dr. Bernd Kaufmann, University of Tuebingen.
• Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy of the Cambro-Ordovician of the Saharan Platform (Algeria)  and  sedimentology, magnetostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Triassic (Algeria) by Nordine Sabaou.
• Information about the geology department at the Université Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria.
• Information about the geology department at the Université d-Oran Es Senia, Algeria.
• Eustatic and Palaeogeographic Control on the Aures Basin Upper Cretaceous Sedimentation (Algeria).
• Caprinula aff. cedrorum (Blanckenhorn, 1890) from the upper Cenomanian of western Algeria (paper freely avaible as pdf download file).
• Tanezzuft-Benoud structural/stratigraphic assessment Unit 20580501 (USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000 - description and results).
• DinoData Algeria: information on dinosaur fossils found within Algeria.
• The Hoggar swell and volcanism, Tuareg shield, Central Sahara: intraplate reactivation of Precambrian structures as a result of Alpine convergence (Jean-Paul Liegeois, Africa Museum, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium).
  
  

Commercial geological studies

• North African petroleum exploration data, digitised and enhanced by PEDR (Algeria) Ltd (Boumerdès).
• Regional study of Devonian hydrocarbon reservoirs in Algeria, by IFP.
• Mining Industry in Algeria.
• Manfred Hauptmann International Geological Consulting: Algerian petroleum systems, facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeogeography.
• Exploration data / reports offered by First Exchange.
• Office National de Recherche Géologique et Minière.
• Geology of the petroleum provinces in Algeria (Ministere de l'Energie et des Mines).
• Algerian Ministry of Energy and Mining: information on hydrocarbons.
• Ghadames Basin: a comprehensive, up-to-date study of the geology, hydrocarbon habitat and future exploration potential of the Ghadames Basin of western Libya, eastern Algeria and southern Tunisia. A report by ECL in conjunction with Adil Jawzi and Associates. Study outline and report contents available to download.

Bibliographic Databases

• Geological bibliography of Algeria: a recent bibliography of papers related to the geology of Algeria, including links to abstracts of more recent papers.

Landmines

• Landmines apparently exist in some of the border areas with Morocco and Libya. Newly planted landmines are known to occur in parts of the Kabyllie Mountains (northern Algeria).
• Landmine Monitor: provides a summary of landmine information for Algeria.
• Further landmine information resources are listed in the landmine section on the safety page.
  

Satellite images and Maps Algeria

• Online Landsat TM images at Cornell University from northern Algeria and Morocco.
• Tifernine Dune Field, southernmost part of the Grand Erg Oriental (number 3 on link page).
• Geological maps and other resources Algeria (ecocart).
• Shuttle images: Sahara 1, 2.
  

Oil companies active in Algeria

• State Oil Company: Sonatrach.
• Amerada Hess.
• Anadarko.
• BHP.
• Maersk.
• Repsol.
• Overview activities, incl. petroleum news (MBendi): Introduction, Exploration.
• Agip (ENI).
• P.E.D.R. Algeria Limited (Petroleum Exploration Data Recovery (Algeria) Limited) is an Algerian company focusing on providing an appropriate link between old E&P data and today's new interpretation technology.
• Tullow Oil (exploration and development activities in Algeria).
• Algerian Ministry of Energy and Mines (Hydrocarbons).
  

Algeria - General information

• ALGERIAinfo.com, comprehensive internet platform for web resources on Algeria (in French).
• Daily News allAfrica.com.
• Country overview (Miftah Shamali).
• Country overview (Mbendi).
• Digital Algeria maps.
• Travel Company for trips to southeastern Algeria (Djanet region): Travel Company Zelouaz, Mr Elies Naceur, www.zelouaz-voyages.com, zelouaz@yahoo.fr, Tel./Fax +213 29 47 63 08, Mobile: +213 62 76 76 58/+213 79 30 53 43.
• Need help with logistics/cars/accommodation etc. for a fieldtrip in central south Algeria? Chebka Voyages has long experience with tourist and oil company trips to the desert. Contact Ali Dehane in Ghardaia by email (adehane@yahoo.fr), Tel. (213) (09) 886217 or Fax 213 (09) 880868 (recommended by Sebastian Luning).
• CIA Factbook - Algeria. Statistics on the country's geography, people, government, economy and transportation, plus a map.
• Algeria Consular Information Sheet. US State Department site offers travel warnings, entry requirements and medical care availability.
• Oil Online. Oil and gas information for Algeria.
• A country profile on Algeria.
• Algeria: a country analysis brief.
• ABYZ news links for Algeria.