VOL. XXXV

NO. 43

27-JULY-1992

Algeria

Construction of Offshore Section of Western Gas Pipeline to Start nextJanuary

Morocco and Spain have signed a 25-year agreement for the constructionand utilization of the 7bn cu. m./yr western pipeline which will carry Algeriannatural gas from the Hassi R'Mel gas field via Morocco and Gibraltar to Spain.The agreement, which was signed on 17 July, will allow the construction of theunderwater part of the pipeline system to start on time next January, with...