Algeria's Sonatrach makes oil find in Libya:APS

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's state-owned energy firm Sonatrach has made its first oil discovery in the Ghadames Basin in Libya, Algeria state news agency APS said on Monday.

The discovery was in wildcat exploration oil well A1-65/02, some 230 km (140 miles) south of Tripoli, APS added, quoting a Sonatrach statement.

The flow was through a choke size of 27/64ths of an inch, with oil flowing at 1,344 barrels per day from a depth of 9,033 feet, it said.

The find was Sonatrach's first in contract Block 65, inc which it is partner with Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) which owns 75 percent in the operation.