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  "description": "Algiers is seeking to launch another bidding round for oil and gas exploration rights as the country aims to increase output in a world hungry for energy.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T17:40:12.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Algerian Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Mines has announced that it will launch a new bidding round for international companies to gain exploration and development rights for oil and gas blocks.\n\nThe round will be called “Algeria Bid Round 2026” and will follow the previous “Algeria Bid Round 2024”, which saw five hydrocarbon exploration and production licences awarded to selected companies.\n\nThe exact details of the Round 2026 timeline and the blocks on offer have not yet been announced.\n\nThe National Agency for the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources (ALNAFT) will oversee the launch of Round 2026, which forms part of broader efforts by ALNAFT to promote investment in up to 17 hydrocarbon projects to international investors.\n\nWith the global energy supply chain and its infrastructure facing intense pressure, Algeria is looking to benefit from its forward thinking and will likely build further on growing international investment from east and west.\n\n## Converging interests\n\nHistorically, Algeria’s energy sector lacked deep foreign capital, as international agreements were designed to favour the state oil company Sonatrach.\n\nIn the 2014 international bidding round, the last one before 2024, only four of the 31 available blocks were awarded.\n\nIn 2019, the Algerian government passed Hydrocarbon Law No. 19-13, which reintroduced production sharing contracts and improved fiscal terms.\n\nThis new legal framework came at the right time, as global oil consumption continued to grow and geopolitical tensions revealed weaknesses in global energy supplies.\n\nThe 2024 bidding round marked a clear departure from 2014 and triggered a wave of American, Chinese, European, and Gulf capital all converging on Algeria simultaneously.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Algeria's new bidding round comes at a critical time",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-25T13:49:35.636Z"
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