VOL. XXXV

NO. 40

6-JULY-1992

Algeria

Go-Ahead Given for the Construction of the Western Gas Pipeline

At a meeting held in Algeria on 25 June, the Algerian, Moroccan and SpanishEnergy Ministers gave the go-ahead for the construction of the western gaspipeline to start in January 1993. Mr. Nordine Ait-Laoussine, the AlgerianEnergy Minister, told reporters after the meeting that the ministers had decided"that the plan should move from project stage to the stage of itsrealization." A technical...