Sonatrach

Sonatrach
Company typeState-owned Corporation
IndustryOil and gas
FoundedDecember 1963 (1963-12)
HeadquartersHydra, ,
Key people
Rachid Hachichi (CEO)
ProductsOil (fuels, lubricants)
Natural Gas (LNG)
Petrochemicals
RevenueUS$ 77 billion (2023)
OwnerAlgerian government
Number of employees
+200,000 (2022)
SubsidiariesNaftal
Numhyd
ALEPCO
ENAGEO
ENSP
ENGTP
ENAFOR
GALSI
GCB
ENTP National Well Engineering Company
Websitesonatrach.com

Sonatrach (Arabic: 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.