Sonatrach building - la compagnia petrolifera e del gas di proprietà statale algerina - la più grande compagnia in Africa, Orano, Algeria - Foto stock

Oran, Algeria: Sonatrach heaquarters - modern architecture inspired by oil drums / barrels - 3rd Peripheral Boulevard (Cité Djamel round-about). Sonatrach ( سوناطراك) is a major Algerian state-owned company with a monopoly in the petroleum sector. Its areas of focus are oil and gas prospecting and research, transportation, processing and distribution. Sonatrach is by far the largest company in Africa. Sonatrach exports gas to Italy, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia and Slovenia via pipelines. Liquefied gas is also supplied to France, Spain, the United States, Turkey, Belgium, Italy, Greece and South Korea. Internationally, the company is involved in numerous joint ventures and is also the main owner of the football club MC Algiers. ('Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures').