Introduction

Rhourde el Khrouf is about 320 km (200 miles) southeast of the giant Hassi Messaoud oilfield.The Rhourde Khrouf field reached peak production of 20,440 b/d in 2003.

In 2018,SONATRACH, the National Agency for Hydrocarbon Resources Development (ALNAFT) and the Spanish group CEPSA signed a deal  to boost production.

The deal should raise production at the field from 11,000 barrels per day of oil to 24,000 bpd of oil after five years, and to 10,000 bpd of liquefied petroleum gas after six years.

The 25-year agreement (2018-2043) provides for significant redevelopment of the mature oilfield after 19 years of exploitation with the aim to increase crude oil production and produce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the first time from this field, through new hydrocarbon recovery techniques.
The development plan of the field includes the drilling of 30 new wells, as well as the building of a new processing plant, a LPG recovery facility and LPG pipelines.
The project, worth US$1.2 billion, would have a major economic impact and would generate between 1,000 and 1,500 jobs during the peak construction period.

In April, Cepsa issued the tender for the drilling and workover campaign.

In May, 2019.KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Sonatrach and Cepsa to provide Basic Engineering Design (BED) and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Rhoude el Krouf Field (RKF) redevelopment in Algeria.

 The redevelopment will add an additional oil and gas treatment train to the existing facilities. This project is part of Sonatrach's and Cepsa's objectives to support the increase of Algeria's oil and gas capacity.