Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 21

25-May-2009

tunisia

Perenco Initiates $100Mn Tunisian Gas Pipeline, Doubles El-Farnig Output

French oil company Perenco announced on 13 May that it has started pumping gas through a new pipeline that connects the El-Franig and Baguel fields in central Tunisia directly to the national grid. The valve at the central processing facility (CPF) was turned at an official opening ceremony on 6 May, and production has now been increased to the target rate of 40mn...