In late Q2 2017, Sonatrach was understood to have been awarded the Ahnet II exploration licence, located in the under-explored Ahnet Basin. The ~17,000 sq km block is equivalent to Total's former Ahnet exploration licence, relinquished on 6 June 2014. The area lies to the west and south of BP & Statoil's In Salah Gas project. The Basin is prospect for both tight gas (Devonian and Cambro-Ordovician) and shale gas (Devonian and Silurian) plays. Sonatrach will operate Ahnet II with 100% equity.  
Algeria, Ahnet (Dev)