Total has extended a partnership in an Algerian natural gas field for the next 25 years. File Photo by Steve Oehlenschlager/Shutterstock June 11 (UPI) — French energy company Total said Monday it signed a contract that extends its partnership in a natural gas field in Algeria for the next quarter century. Total joined Spanish energy company Repsol, the Algerian agency for hydrocarbon resources and state-owned exploration and production company Sonatrach in signing a 25-year extension to tap into the Tin Fouyé Tabankort natural gas and condensate field. “The partners will carry out the drilling and development investments required to develop additional reserves estimated at more than 250 million barrels of oil equivalent,” the French company’s statement read. “These investments will allow to maintain the production of the field, which is currently over 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for six years.” The French supermajor last year produced 15,000 […]