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Zarzaitine
Zarzaitine (also written Zarzaïtine) is an industrial village in the commune of In Amenas, in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, eastern Algeria. It is a notable mining area, with significant deposits of sulphur and crude oil in particular. Geography Zarzaitine is a border town between Algeria and Libya, located just to the northeast of In Aménas. The Trapsa Oil Pipeline connects it to Edjeleh, which is located about to the south. In Aménas Airport is in the vicinity, also known as Zarzaitine Airport. Geologically this area is known as the Zarzaitine Formation, consisting mainly of red-brown sandstone, and dinosaur bones dated to the Triassic have been unearthed here. The Zarzantine (Triassic) formation is found in the Marzuq Basin. The formation is reported to be thick which reduces to thickness towards the south because erosive action. Zarzaitine oil field is located in the south-eastern Illizi basin. History The name Zarzaitine was given to this formation by Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarzaitine Formation
Zarzaitine (also written Zarzaïtine) is an industrial village in the commune of In Amenas, in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, eastern Algeria. It is a notable mining area, with significant deposits of sulphur and crude oil in particular. Geography Zarzaitine is a border town between Algeria and Libya, located just to the northeast of In Aménas. The Trapsa Oil Pipeline connects it to Edjeleh, which is located about to the south. In Aménas Airport is in the vicinity, also known as Zarzaitine Airport. Geologically this area is known as the Zarzaitine Formation, consisting mainly of red-brown sandstone, and dinosaur bones dated to the Triassic have been unearthed here. The Zarzantine (Triassic) formation is found in the Marzuq Basin. The formation is reported to be thick which reduces to thickness towards the south because erosive action. Zarzaitine oil field is located in the south-eastern Illizi basin. History The name Zarzaitine was given to this formation by Albert- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Aménas Airport
In Amenas Airport, also called Zarzaitine Airport , is an airport serving In Amenas, a town in the Illizi Province of southeastern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig .... It is located east of In Aménas. In 2007, the airport handled 145,070 passengers and had 3,627 aircraft movements. Airlines and destinations References External links Google Maps - In AmenasGreat Circle Mapper - In Amenas* * Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Illizi Province {{Algeria-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Amenas
In Amenas (, ''‘In ’Amanās'') is a town and commune in eastern Algeria, bordering with Libya. The town is located west of the border. There is no border crossing in the area. The municipality had 7,385 inhabitants in 2008, up from 5.302 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.4% According to the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri the name is a Tuareg word which means "place of camel drivers." The natural gas facility near the municipality was attacked by Islamist militants in January 2013. Climate In Amenas has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''). Summers are long and very hot with averages high temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) during June, July and August. Winters remain warm and brief at daytime but nights can be quite cold, with averages low temperatures below 4 °C (39.2 °F) during January, the coolest month of the year. In Amenas averages annual rainfall of only 23.2 mm (0.91 in) as the town is located within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Aménas
In Amenas (, ''‘In ’Amanās'') is a town and commune in eastern Algeria, bordering with Libya. The town is located west of the border. There is no border crossing in the area. The municipality had 7,385 inhabitants in 2008, up from 5.302 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.4% According to the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri the name is a Tuareg word which means "place of camel drivers." The natural gas facility near the municipality was attacked by Islamist militants in January 2013. Climate In Amenas has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''). Summers are long and very hot with averages high temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) during June, July and August. Winters remain warm and brief at daytime but nights can be quite cold, with averages low temperatures below 4 °C (39.2 °F) during January, the coolest month of the year. In Amenas averages annual rainfall of only 23.2 mm (0.91 in) as the town is located within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algeria–Libya Border
The Algeria–Libya border is 989 km (615 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Tunisia in the north to the tripoint with Niger in the south. Description The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Tunisia just north of Ghadames, then proceeds broadly south-south-westwards via a series of straight and irregular lines, turning to the south-east in its southern sections, down to the tripoint with Niger. History France occupied much of the northern coastal areas of Algeria in the period 1830–47, which had hitherto been subject to the nominal control of the Ottoman Empire. For most of the 19th century the coastal region of modern Libya (organised as the Vilayet of Tripolitania) was part of the Ottoman Empire, though with a large degree of de facto autonomy. In September 1911 Italy invaded Tripolitania, and the Treaty of Ouchy was signed the following year by which the Ottomans formally ceded sovereignty of the area over to Italy. The Italians organised the newly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edjeleh
Edjeleh is a village in the commune of In Amenas, in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria, located near the border with Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda .... It is the site of a significant oil field. References Neighbouring towns and cities Populated places in Illizi Province {{Illizi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonatrach
Sonatrach ( ar, سوناطراك; french: Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures) is the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1963, it is known today to be the largest company in Africa with 154 subsidiaries, and often referred as the first African oil "major". In 2021, Sonatrach was the seventh largest gas company in the world. Overview Sonatrach is the 12th largest oil consortium in the world, with 154 subsidiaries operating over the entire oil value-chain from upstream, to midstream, and downstream activities. In 2002, its gross sales was 1,530 billion Algerian dinars for a net income of 175 billion. With approximately 120,000 workers, the company produced 30% of the GNP of Algeria. Annually it produced 206 million Tonne of Oil equivalent (ToE), including 24 million ToE, or 11.7% of total, for the Algerian domestic market. In 2021, the company's export revenues had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinopec
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (中国石油化工股份有限公司) or Sinopec (), is a Chinese oil and gas enterprise based in Beijing. It is listed in Hong Kong and also trades in Shanghai. Sinopec Limited's parent, Sinopec Group, is the world's largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate, headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Sinopec's business includes oil and gas exploration, refining, and marketing; production and sales of petrochemicals, chemical fibers, chemical fertilizers, and other chemical products; storage and pipeline transportation of crude oil and natural gas; import, export and import/export agency business of crude oil, natural gas, refined oil products, petrochemicals, and other chemicals. It also produces ethanol and several biofuels such as biodiesel and green jet fuel, from waste vegetable oil. Corporate history Sinopec Limited was established as a joint stock entity under the China Petrochemical Corporation Group (Sino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debdeb
Debdeb is a town and commune in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,341, up from 3,212 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 3.1%, the lowest in the province. Its postal code is 33220 and its municipal code is 3303. Geography Debdeb lies at an altitude of near the northern edge of the Hamada de Tinrhert, a large rocky area of the Sahara around the border of Algeria and Libya. The Grand Erg Oriental, a vast area of sand dunes, lies to the north. Climate Debdeb has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year. Transportation Debdeb is on the national highway N53, which leads north to Ghadames (in Libya) and south to In Amenas. Education 4.0% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 13.2% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 71.8%, and is 79.9% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Lelubre
Maurice Lelubre (1916-2005) was a French geologist who undertook a number of explorations in the Sahara desert. He served as geologist for the Geological Map of Algeria (1949), lecturer at the University of Toulouse (1957), and then professor of geology and petrography. From 1977 until his retirement in 1983, he directed the Laboratory of Geology-Petrology at the Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse. He received the Fontannes Prize from the Société géologique de France Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the sec ... (1953). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lelubre, Maurice 1916 births 2005 deaths 20th-century French geologists Academic staff of the University of Toulouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert-Félix De Lapparent
Albert-Félix de Lapparent (1905–1975) was a French palaeontologist. He was also a Sulpician priest. He undertook a number of fossil-hunting explorations in the Sahara desert. He contributed greatly to our knowledge of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. In 1986, José Bonaparte named the dinosaur ''Lapparentosaurus'' in his honour. Dinosaurs named by Lapparent were ''Inosaurus tedreftensis'' (Lapparent, 1960) and '' Lusitanosaurus liassicus'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957). New species of known genera are also credited to him. In alphabetical order, they are: '' Apatosaurus alenquerensis'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), '' Astrodon pusillus'' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), '' Brachiosaurus atalaiensis '' (Lapparent and Zbyszewski, 1957), '' Brachiosaurus nougaredi'' (Lapparent, 1960), ''Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis'' (Lapparent, 1955), '' Elaphrosaurus gautieri'' (Lapparent, 1960), '' Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis'' (Lapparent, 1960), '' Megalosaurus pombali'' (Lapparent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
