VOL. XXXIV

NO. 12/13

24/31-DECEMBER-1990

Algeria

Sonatrach and Snam Sign Major New Gas Supply Agreement

Mr. Sadek Boussena, the Algerian Minister of Mines and Industry, and Mr. PioPigorini, President of Italy's Snam, signed in Rome on 19 December a majoragreement for the supply of 530bn cu.ms. of Algerian natural gas to Italy over a25-year period, with a minimum take of around 19bn cu.ms./y. The agreemententails an additional 8bn cu.ms./y of gas supply over and above the 11bncu.ms./y which Snam...