According to the Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines’ publication on the Energy Conjuncture, domestic gas resources (national output + tax package) reached 1049 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe) at the end of April 2021, up 62% from the same period the previous year.
The contribution of the Nawara field, which was able to compensate for the decline in output in the other fields, as well as the increase in the royalty on the transit of Algerian gas by more than 190%, has resulted in this huge improvement.
Oil output increased from 36.3 thousand barrels per day at the end of April 2020 to 42.2 thousand barrels per day at the end of April 2021. The daily production of primary LPG also increased by 23% to 56 kt.
Domestic crude oil production increased by 16% to 655 thousand tonnes (kt) at the end of April 2021. The contribution of Halk el Manzel which has just started production in January 2021 (production is estimated at 88 kt) and Nawara (27 kt) has compensated for the drop in production recorded in several fields, namely: Hasdrubal (-24%), Gherib (-55%), Franig /bag./Tarfa (-20), Cherouq (-9%), Cercina (-11%) and Miskar (-8%).
Other fields, such as El Hajeb/Guebiba (+41%), Ashtart (+11%), Adam (+17%), and Barka (+3%), had an increase in production.
