Our source has exclusively obtained a letter from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the current president of the National Oil Corporation, summoning former chairman Farhat Ben Gdara for investigation.
The case concerns financial mismanagement of state funds derived from the National Oil Corporation’s revenues, linked to the amendment of the Production Sharing Agreement for Contract Area (D). This area includes Offshore Block MN-41 (Bahr Al-Salam) and Onshore Block 169 (Al-Wafa Field), which was signed between the National Oil Corporation and Eni North Africa in January 2023 to facilitate the development of Structures (A – H) in Bahr Al-Salam.
Additionally, the amendment increased the foreign partner’s production share from 30% to 39% in Contract Area (D), which allegedly caused harm to public interest and state finances.
