Plan to speed up Hassi Messaoud town construction

Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil presented on Sunday a detailed conception of the new town of the Hassi Messaoud oil basin in Ouargla province (800km south of Algiers).

• In an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, Khelil made a presentation about the location of the town and its budget.
• According to the minister, the oil companies operating in Hassi Messaoud including Algeria’s Sonatrach will fund the construction of new headoffices in the town.
• The town will accommodate 80,000 residents and an energy island which will be the general headoffice of oil companies operating in the area.
• The project includes administrative facilities, university institutes, training and research centres, mosques, infrastructures and sportive centres.
• The ministerial meeting came up with a plan of action on a set of instructions in terms of the construction.