Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 42

19-Oct-2009

ALGERIA

Algerian Gas Demand Due To Double By 2018, Compounding Export Challenges

Algerias domestic gas consumption is expected to double over the next 10 years, to between 50.5 bcm/year and 63 bcm/y, according to official demand forecasts published last month. The projections, made in report by the Commission for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas (CREG), will put pressure on the Ministry of Energy and Mines to expedite planned upstream gas...